tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55840885348861039692024-03-13T08:08:08.097-07:00Our Beautiful Blessings!Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.comBlogger3304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-64239975322994081482024-02-16T07:00:00.000-08:002024-02-16T08:19:03.858-08:00Ella Is 14 Years Old!!! <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Ella Grace is 14 years old today! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Her first year of being a teenager was a big year filled with lots of changes. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BFg8Jun7C7DNS9FhegWhrC-pX39Sln4Gjh5Dq0uIlAavGpkRoFZVqOdYv2oT8yjyktm0x2el4A7wirEpg3OKGzOR7Es33oZzuQDSnpK3dNdV9YwC5walYFtkbrTfaZGjmb5FQ693peCzXAlvdHTb7ZgcAtMYtNza-GjpWTB5EBVrF6ilYU4EowOEnIk/s2048/1000000357(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BFg8Jun7C7DNS9FhegWhrC-pX39Sln4Gjh5Dq0uIlAavGpkRoFZVqOdYv2oT8yjyktm0x2el4A7wirEpg3OKGzOR7Es33oZzuQDSnpK3dNdV9YwC5walYFtkbrTfaZGjmb5FQ693peCzXAlvdHTb7ZgcAtMYtNza-GjpWTB5EBVrF6ilYU4EowOEnIk/s320/1000000357(1).jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQFrP7I4w75goGPynMstenP9ttV6EJ3If4MGf2pEGzvjTy2jqH2vm2a4Dgqnw7fSlB3KlNM9rXBPj36ypBnl7SPs0epyVSZW8W_YlnFOABzygWi7xyLwFUvfLn6P6gEDsHBHu8S7-9_7ymgljPohzOHF4l2St2B1HV_v6G7frNxD49dTtUPnddIhZmfs/s2048/1000000363(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQFrP7I4w75goGPynMstenP9ttV6EJ3If4MGf2pEGzvjTy2jqH2vm2a4Dgqnw7fSlB3KlNM9rXBPj36ypBnl7SPs0epyVSZW8W_YlnFOABzygWi7xyLwFUvfLn6P6gEDsHBHu8S7-9_7ymgljPohzOHF4l2St2B1HV_v6G7frNxD49dTtUPnddIhZmfs/s320/1000000363(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">To celebrate her birthday with family we just had a nice dinner at our house.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCN8Py_jplId3uvbqysXmDBHfj7tr5VI-8nvF9Cw3Fs8RBY-_ewjXHC9O_ETG_cUdFZtLEuJ2FInwUV1ykPDkc8zmVvHqYA7GHPiaTdxOY9iyEZB9VU3Krv7gOJraINYYTpdrBTZFbJ3FS7UJjlU6ETlTCC5ipg026nDGYrfWSUYeMIqnp54aiyuPyGOc/s4000/20230304_100847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCN8Py_jplId3uvbqysXmDBHfj7tr5VI-8nvF9Cw3Fs8RBY-_ewjXHC9O_ETG_cUdFZtLEuJ2FInwUV1ykPDkc8zmVvHqYA7GHPiaTdxOY9iyEZB9VU3Krv7gOJraINYYTpdrBTZFbJ3FS7UJjlU6ETlTCC5ipg026nDGYrfWSUYeMIqnp54aiyuPyGOc/s320/20230304_100847.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">To celebrate with friends she wanted to go bowling and mini golfing so we went to Tower Lanes. Logan ended up being in town that weekend so it was an extra special birthday. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9RU09tPH7Otxxlm7LvpqacXqEZ5wgQq9Fvz2jn8N-WeugagqTqYJHmjtyzUIZhpWgDEg6dXjOwcvJxmyKHstiyZzs3ItONjNLcEUycauTgqlSNR35iGuw24AXVCP0wvr48YX80U7DXYLqJdkW0zdug-mrf1CGCHjHKGhh0IT_pmCBkj043ALX2iq2NU/s3648/20230304_123358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9RU09tPH7Otxxlm7LvpqacXqEZ5wgQq9Fvz2jn8N-WeugagqTqYJHmjtyzUIZhpWgDEg6dXjOwcvJxmyKHstiyZzs3ItONjNLcEUycauTgqlSNR35iGuw24AXVCP0wvr48YX80U7DXYLqJdkW0zdug-mrf1CGCHjHKGhh0IT_pmCBkj043ALX2iq2NU/s320/20230304_123358.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">This sweet girl of mine. I absolutely love this selfie of us. She's such a beauty! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuiHbT7BCctV0Ns2TtKRzqYzi9GyFGUUlnXHsqPn7SyXNzWcALKkBldZiZgLRqxPNNRWmV2eEnERMBemi7LZ4Q50zpM9fZ1fDd5eY0KuAZwW33pcziBdQec8Ph7hSePGncovkxWSpMoDo5L04QAOmg9eLbgMQepTccWW_tCDEfNeBPBtWQtWRW_qpoAo/s4000/20230321_075712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuiHbT7BCctV0Ns2TtKRzqYzi9GyFGUUlnXHsqPn7SyXNzWcALKkBldZiZgLRqxPNNRWmV2eEnERMBemi7LZ4Q50zpM9fZ1fDd5eY0KuAZwW33pcziBdQec8Ph7hSePGncovkxWSpMoDo5L04QAOmg9eLbgMQepTccWW_tCDEfNeBPBtWQtWRW_qpoAo/s320/20230321_075712.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">On March 21st, after over 2 years it was finally time for the braces to come off! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYl9jcM9rJbNEyWNPQ6Ueo7IvPa8Cq0U_EImYoyteL4QIRBZpUH_9LMKScN8gIQk2IzLjYGTu-2aZROC2njaFERo9hj5J7lHiqIf8jdcp8CNSW_DjuLurJjxRxUs6E-rfxUzrDYrR3LJsOTbZgoz5t4NvFWqO72IlH5dofzZTrphO9iXg7BzYP6g0kRWA/s4000/20230321_092529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYl9jcM9rJbNEyWNPQ6Ueo7IvPa8Cq0U_EImYoyteL4QIRBZpUH_9LMKScN8gIQk2IzLjYGTu-2aZROC2njaFERo9hj5J7lHiqIf8jdcp8CNSW_DjuLurJjxRxUs6E-rfxUzrDYrR3LJsOTbZgoz5t4NvFWqO72IlH5dofzZTrphO9iXg7BzYP6g0kRWA/s320/20230321_092529.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">You can see Ella's little teeth here. This was a stressful day since we had to go back and forth from the orthodontist and the dentist and it all had to be timed out just so. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFils5uiovyXIqUjVieGNBbebirIIX4Ue071B6dOdfoXHBflu2aF_yZQMtw2xYwIYDVSIfLmIz-AxzfCpOSZgyrU4fYCZrm5ZEk_AJWbU9dZwqD_7OQE5JPc0uQxTppXk7DiTvWGPeu1sTO9XYwNz0GKj6tJUhUIIfmasdloocdPaI3H1clfqvaQyfAzw/s4000/20230321_112504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFils5uiovyXIqUjVieGNBbebirIIX4Ue071B6dOdfoXHBflu2aF_yZQMtw2xYwIYDVSIfLmIz-AxzfCpOSZgyrU4fYCZrm5ZEk_AJWbU9dZwqD_7OQE5JPc0uQxTppXk7DiTvWGPeu1sTO9XYwNz0GKj6tJUhUIIfmasdloocdPaI3H1clfqvaQyfAzw/s320/20230321_112504.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Tiny teeth all fixed! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlvSLS_JNBoCD-ghRhrRppO_bwBqTbHQEa24BwPF6TXG8M92B9gEetOdTsGrRc3FX1tmYW_zkt_uR1U-K2myAGOYaP7dNNG_k7-FI49voPd_HxdhlHH5tqvo7cF2ebRaPznyGO8JX4quy9MW3oMinkE3L0_CbsiE7s6jmjDj3x7B-wIROWxRz7usW1kg/s4000/20230322_073407.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlvSLS_JNBoCD-ghRhrRppO_bwBqTbHQEa24BwPF6TXG8M92B9gEetOdTsGrRc3FX1tmYW_zkt_uR1U-K2myAGOYaP7dNNG_k7-FI49voPd_HxdhlHH5tqvo7cF2ebRaPznyGO8JX4quy9MW3oMinkE3L0_CbsiE7s6jmjDj3x7B-wIROWxRz7usW1kg/s320/20230322_073407.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">She was so excited to be able to eat an apple without having to cut it up. The funny thing is now she likes eating them cut up into slices, but I guess when something's taken from you for 2 years you want what you can't have! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrurol1qCLrmFAyTCXW4_yZo9Q8SD3E-kzAAO7j_gtv5Pq2NyILBR-Bobzm2vdEF3jCzW85SRVRzoKo9mygqgfq1fLj67h0YoNbzlk_Q1n1fODsUC-hAZyIwCnf1SlQIoFzBSLEoUDMR-5GdIfo_IU_mVR72Iav5TQaqwNv1WUDmd-sF4-Z8v7QdhBYQ/s4000/20230409_145524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrurol1qCLrmFAyTCXW4_yZo9Q8SD3E-kzAAO7j_gtv5Pq2NyILBR-Bobzm2vdEF3jCzW85SRVRzoKo9mygqgfq1fLj67h0YoNbzlk_Q1n1fODsUC-hAZyIwCnf1SlQIoFzBSLEoUDMR-5GdIfo_IU_mVR72Iav5TQaqwNv1WUDmd-sF4-Z8v7QdhBYQ/s320/20230409_145524.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Easter basket at Ga-Ga & Pa's. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYdLkJHTQ-Z2V-wIrw4m5tZHLKtvR1zVNo81cx9mXUTFTK42t0A6-pQskY_2RuL-U22OKNhdIkQUldepVZDH45OEiDH_dGp1uz59aX70ubW4DtW1s7B5EmwbrxhsFMlT_4KtKiEf5nw-MauiIX9JLwo6MJztrJzxz8wVf0K3gsg-JSL9ThMnYnIst_IA/s4000/20230409_192945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYdLkJHTQ-Z2V-wIrw4m5tZHLKtvR1zVNo81cx9mXUTFTK42t0A6-pQskY_2RuL-U22OKNhdIkQUldepVZDH45OEiDH_dGp1uz59aX70ubW4DtW1s7B5EmwbrxhsFMlT_4KtKiEf5nw-MauiIX9JLwo6MJztrJzxz8wVf0K3gsg-JSL9ThMnYnIst_IA/s320/20230409_192945.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Addison loves to braid hair so she braided Ella's hair into these beautiful braids. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXRebOdpioTbKsNqcIEIuSUkoHXp_9sR0ZNXNeD6lcb48xDgxRje6uz5P6wU04yJh0k9NMqZ_mZTL6CmYgluLdp49S2k8W2Cy442JCSiiZhd-zRDXIU-1dKlwFAmR2NxaNOQZCQpS8p-FSxbd7531sJFERGuTGRvT2b-l5awbd31ai_NFb-4wIURi67s/s4000/20230419_121234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXRebOdpioTbKsNqcIEIuSUkoHXp_9sR0ZNXNeD6lcb48xDgxRje6uz5P6wU04yJh0k9NMqZ_mZTL6CmYgluLdp49S2k8W2Cy442JCSiiZhd-zRDXIU-1dKlwFAmR2NxaNOQZCQpS8p-FSxbd7531sJFERGuTGRvT2b-l5awbd31ai_NFb-4wIURi67s/s320/20230419_121234.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">On April 19th, my sweet girl and I went on a field trip with friends to a the Tulip Festival up north. It was a first for me and it was so fun to share that with her. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCa5TfE251EXRms9tY1AOnLaNsdnn2Wy1_Mb8QCASY9JkHBOJXRuKUtIgTTVEY8osEXgdWy4ZVQ7QFc4NkKTVS-mAHDfko5F5i_Vrd38wafvUMjbzNKWmzpIcptlOOV9Lan2GW6Vx5MwCgeCxsTTOuffA-56F6Ik_OfTo3wVi8kdWyUGys80OJyApI-g/s4000/20230427_203500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCa5TfE251EXRms9tY1AOnLaNsdnn2Wy1_Mb8QCASY9JkHBOJXRuKUtIgTTVEY8osEXgdWy4ZVQ7QFc4NkKTVS-mAHDfko5F5i_Vrd38wafvUMjbzNKWmzpIcptlOOV9Lan2GW6Vx5MwCgeCxsTTOuffA-56F6Ik_OfTo3wVi8kdWyUGys80OJyApI-g/s320/20230427_203500.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2IUWMt6_O88gSCcol0JNHJ6vOSr5u4PaQ6_R4lVuicUr7M7fdyZPeGuZiIZxR7DwL2hkZj8grSQwhoJex4n8xFN5PNrAqDJ3wZvn8VlT09BLpdGC3TW5altelaUY4yQ4uaSZgK1OyVjzIMg0N3Sio5Jf_nwXOKMD7wlOI5AZZ9PM7BE3eQxdr-8WdKY/s4000/20230427_203423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2IUWMt6_O88gSCcol0JNHJ6vOSr5u4PaQ6_R4lVuicUr7M7fdyZPeGuZiIZxR7DwL2hkZj8grSQwhoJex4n8xFN5PNrAqDJ3wZvn8VlT09BLpdGC3TW5altelaUY4yQ4uaSZgK1OyVjzIMg0N3Sio5Jf_nwXOKMD7wlOI5AZZ9PM7BE3eQxdr-8WdKY/s320/20230427_203423.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Easter Choir performance with the Cantate Homeschool Choir. Ella loves being a part of the choir. </span></div></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXmYB5NfjDiYeHjuk3pxBYRbL76K8mWvsAwgBHFt1rJ2Dyw3K7G5m6LTsMpPhtWPIEm1Q7YuyJI7NBNDGbjlf5y8HNncRdTeOTcz5zbSi1UhZtoepC15WrNR55UPLdq5pIloJZQ6h9tllzUYzuJ5i0q28LLaqCEKU_bzyQjFNlin7i7OoFg3ZWOkpCQU/s4000/20230428_210316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXmYB5NfjDiYeHjuk3pxBYRbL76K8mWvsAwgBHFt1rJ2Dyw3K7G5m6LTsMpPhtWPIEm1Q7YuyJI7NBNDGbjlf5y8HNncRdTeOTcz5zbSi1UhZtoepC15WrNR55UPLdq5pIloJZQ6h9tllzUYzuJ5i0q28LLaqCEKU_bzyQjFNlin7i7OoFg3ZWOkpCQU/s320/20230428_210316.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">She also loves getting to hang out with friends. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEyzuxkrZkaT70D_ZSrEX3wYaWS6pDdCndbnwxcCa65bE4fekdvJhQ1c7c7M_fHb3Odk94DaxomjmNX5YCiX_e6XA05kuKspDdUpKhzzbIlDCRx4bwUzAUJIAWzbnjx_ZzRuqC4ElxZKok9uY8hAu2n3qlTCKvE2T44Up0J5Vik843PkY0r-Ib8enzGc/s4000/20230507_104619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEyzuxkrZkaT70D_ZSrEX3wYaWS6pDdCndbnwxcCa65bE4fekdvJhQ1c7c7M_fHb3Odk94DaxomjmNX5YCiX_e6XA05kuKspDdUpKhzzbIlDCRx4bwUzAUJIAWzbnjx_ZzRuqC4ElxZKok9uY8hAu2n3qlTCKvE2T44Up0J5Vik843PkY0r-Ib8enzGc/s320/20230507_104619.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Ella and Aidry in Kid's Church. This was probably one of the last times Ella was in Kid's Church. She now likes to be in big church with us, but she does volunteer with me in Kid's Church once a month to help out. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3h7v_zyXGnnKgbWZ7r5H7FnViYKVGjkq8M_FFLuyx2PN9x-wrrx-0twdTrAnqA0nu5cSUn0lmNr36grOd74d4lnbNwK7CF6gwBqsNAzZel6pW_wfRJi0Un_kLtwBHMcA-9-NteT2VYYjsgAsTA0-76Ebq8vNQd0mGKcabDP3fFzMrp4A8SiyU62CWQtg/s4000/20230610_172215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3h7v_zyXGnnKgbWZ7r5H7FnViYKVGjkq8M_FFLuyx2PN9x-wrrx-0twdTrAnqA0nu5cSUn0lmNr36grOd74d4lnbNwK7CF6gwBqsNAzZel6pW_wfRJi0Un_kLtwBHMcA-9-NteT2VYYjsgAsTA0-76Ebq8vNQd0mGKcabDP3fFzMrp4A8SiyU62CWQtg/s320/20230610_172215.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">In June when Daddy and the older boys went on the Rafting Trip we decided to go out to eat at Red Robin. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCh7w_iY-QA4-Y7Jhmo-wbW7bPjiYXctybKlQsyo1vVLfrkFvuK-s5IS2QiiPJmrZDczwWD8vxqH374TKYgNAdsoYZ1TqMvWHaVLVpTTPGTXhFDKEtVXXZYVuSsNNKj69Rezr0mkLZiUw6_ncZHEfq6EuWB0tn9-TLdCaPOqh7xZg_XtZOW1rT4oTIDlQ/s4000/20230610_172213.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCh7w_iY-QA4-Y7Jhmo-wbW7bPjiYXctybKlQsyo1vVLfrkFvuK-s5IS2QiiPJmrZDczwWD8vxqH374TKYgNAdsoYZ1TqMvWHaVLVpTTPGTXhFDKEtVXXZYVuSsNNKj69Rezr0mkLZiUw6_ncZHEfq6EuWB0tn9-TLdCaPOqh7xZg_XtZOW1rT4oTIDlQ/s320/20230610_172213.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">This cute girl was all giggly for some reason. When she gets giggly it can be hard for her to stop. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1EyAVwGJo1TCEP2ngFLEYwTRhKdUBA9c10hS7xJXXypWHA2s63TRYfBf_nvLg_yNGArDKmpcnD_fImDxFIFSLzB7K_EpBN-MO7rczPNPlz9VY-iuChXP8yIAS5r0MElqiA-kXe7T782SUnmP0Eis8LxtO56kf978SfZROgEJBtQaRZG1vECOenF1UFU/s4000/20230611_160232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1EyAVwGJo1TCEP2ngFLEYwTRhKdUBA9c10hS7xJXXypWHA2s63TRYfBf_nvLg_yNGArDKmpcnD_fImDxFIFSLzB7K_EpBN-MO7rczPNPlz9VY-iuChXP8yIAS5r0MElqiA-kXe7T782SUnmP0Eis8LxtO56kf978SfZROgEJBtQaRZG1vECOenF1UFU/s320/20230611_160232.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Last summer Aidry had a pass to Wild Waves so she came with us a few times. I did notice that the kids weren't as excited about going so I didn't end up renewing our passes for this upcoming summer. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63MVNomE98H-YfLNcPeA-yPwfqJetw1Pc-ppXjZq7hztpcDd4HepZuuC-Ox-BDQtJamUbiXTCJYRxsYcg8DSGt6yq28ECh2RKEigZk92nTnp9j_WaO5ff8d5YuYtz0lXt5pKCo9_VKpM-UGZeft9s88fkMMKf0RMZYsb4dsjY4icUiK2xY3eKQoCGYo0/s4000/20230615_154312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63MVNomE98H-YfLNcPeA-yPwfqJetw1Pc-ppXjZq7hztpcDd4HepZuuC-Ox-BDQtJamUbiXTCJYRxsYcg8DSGt6yq28ECh2RKEigZk92nTnp9j_WaO5ff8d5YuYtz0lXt5pKCo9_VKpM-UGZeft9s88fkMMKf0RMZYsb4dsjY4icUiK2xY3eKQoCGYo0/s320/20230615_154312.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">On June 15th, after months of talking about it, Ella and I went to see my hair stylist to get our haircut. We had 3 people in our lives that were going through cancer and we really wanted to do something to support them. Thankfully all 3 of them are doing quite well now...PTL!!! We figured donating our hair would be a nice thing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTy2yTLvV02OedIQ4ly0Wq4BBkmp2lsIMKPqMy_4k6syVeVfe3kNgJ-Vx4XS63ZwxBKZMCPaOCLKc9F9TwipSaKDm4ycOoZ3LuWvko8kVe_u_1q3GbiC_yOliZ0T1UuFVCBUQ77bEvPUlzEI50ijiy4V0-hLvckBJ3IKpXtULaS0ncpmsS3KfyDJ4_pw/s4000/20230615_154817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTy2yTLvV02OedIQ4ly0Wq4BBkmp2lsIMKPqMy_4k6syVeVfe3kNgJ-Vx4XS63ZwxBKZMCPaOCLKc9F9TwipSaKDm4ycOoZ3LuWvko8kVe_u_1q3GbiC_yOliZ0T1UuFVCBUQ77bEvPUlzEI50ijiy4V0-hLvckBJ3IKpXtULaS0ncpmsS3KfyDJ4_pw/s320/20230615_154817.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Ella ended up cutting off 12 inches!!! It was a such a huge change for her. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGfaaqmgax-k2J8ly6gWw04NUbWMlDpewAXCp9fUVraB5qNPsNkUXZXoWGGhNCAyUBVZSGgNdXCX2F5pd2_yvPYyAaEgzzK3a1RtMB2nC7lihmkd91-vyjG2VyIUVWuSQQJo0anLyl9WoajDNS8wzxC9m5hACREJkwr_lche_Hm62K7VmVqPvNGQJkSA/s4000/20230615_182918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGfaaqmgax-k2J8ly6gWw04NUbWMlDpewAXCp9fUVraB5qNPsNkUXZXoWGGhNCAyUBVZSGgNdXCX2F5pd2_yvPYyAaEgzzK3a1RtMB2nC7lihmkd91-vyjG2VyIUVWuSQQJo0anLyl9WoajDNS8wzxC9m5hACREJkwr_lche_Hm62K7VmVqPvNGQJkSA/s320/20230615_182918.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">She absolutely loved her short hair! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5pnsRtDXeGJtipAGWJ79ITwCq5Nx7Yfn88YvxmZW_OYpGdLYNp1xOaScTlntm4yNUtdK0aKQvJe8FyDUEA6ZF_HVZzpHkfiVWBQpWsRlPTxM6f0zfxswFxR_G9nzKY_lU7PGWWCYz7pEfadxRrvEKW0STJoBjJ6YDyRKoVxi3GseaOUEDzuGgEWMWOs/s4000/20230616_080803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5pnsRtDXeGJtipAGWJ79ITwCq5Nx7Yfn88YvxmZW_OYpGdLYNp1xOaScTlntm4yNUtdK0aKQvJe8FyDUEA6ZF_HVZzpHkfiVWBQpWsRlPTxM6f0zfxswFxR_G9nzKY_lU7PGWWCYz7pEfadxRrvEKW0STJoBjJ6YDyRKoVxi3GseaOUEDzuGgEWMWOs/s320/20230616_080803.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Finished up with 6th grade and headed into 7th! It's so crazy to think she was only in 4th grade when we started homeschooling. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30h-xlI9Lr-Fa-KJSwi9HSeDRH5Go-qD4x1msL8agTPszAcj_acYA4WtFnvA35v3Mufn2JKMfXNU1IXe-Rk5F4fruHfp_teYkPowzidMf4aG02wbSVma-l3Wvnmc5clpe2uR-9EIqtXbqwcSEyJoP-L__J4Dm4rPdt6pi5HEX6dFPPRx7UFt4CyBn4ts/s4000/20230616_080759.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30h-xlI9Lr-Fa-KJSwi9HSeDRH5Go-qD4x1msL8agTPszAcj_acYA4WtFnvA35v3Mufn2JKMfXNU1IXe-Rk5F4fruHfp_teYkPowzidMf4aG02wbSVma-l3Wvnmc5clpe2uR-9EIqtXbqwcSEyJoP-L__J4Dm4rPdt6pi5HEX6dFPPRx7UFt4CyBn4ts/s320/20230616_080759.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Cute sassy girl that likes to take my clothes. So many of Ella's tops that she wears are mine. She also loves to take any jewelry I'll let her have. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIP65C1AgPND8yeznPOvtYP_0TgAtYxtPITgqFWIdmUtkaE-NpqQpqk45tuch4fIURCHIXAN_HKQv53V1A_TTS4qOKMT2AudhrpXllQCsDqhbT8O79mu5-F9_i6g4xBwk_VoNmPci5uuYhCOqrTy-__QWkK81K7zkAfs7HYBwV3RoJ1G3wGFnHuO7n4-U/s4000/20230617_184255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIP65C1AgPND8yeznPOvtYP_0TgAtYxtPITgqFWIdmUtkaE-NpqQpqk45tuch4fIURCHIXAN_HKQv53V1A_TTS4qOKMT2AudhrpXllQCsDqhbT8O79mu5-F9_i6g4xBwk_VoNmPci5uuYhCOqrTy-__QWkK81K7zkAfs7HYBwV3RoJ1G3wGFnHuO7n4-U/s320/20230617_184255.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">She also loves to match Daddy! When he came home with an 811 sweatshirt that was in her size she was so excited! Now whenever venders come into Michael's office and he gets sweatshirts he always makes sure to bring home one for her. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlhQdZH-ILfWagB9It7skRm0p4YAiLHWMlJtL0Zm4RWCaGKmw7lOv8_ckJa9zTKVY8bookYmTYXiJtH-JU9tXV8xkHXkUY19f3hpYd5lUnirKw21p28FALpvms4cX9V9OkMJHJSNAhhkOnc0Vol_Dt3kCs0xIuN4ga6_d0rMPJ7RF0vqjDa1pJTzdQl0/s4000/20230619_150036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvRA22GCAYXLeiqh38XFuLgP8ZT1ZUXEk403cmrTki4PLjoEmL_ZY74aEntk5asLhruYJk3YJHHxTmsgKt1_4K__LWfNZTM1wtg_NeCBLbGRbeL4FRxmOzIZtI85_bgU_ES2rNC8GxwMzZcVq4OISb-n-LYyhQAWdeAmOxlEh2ZgHAHhUBH2FuMyU2NI/s4000/20230618_111220.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvRA22GCAYXLeiqh38XFuLgP8ZT1ZUXEk403cmrTki4PLjoEmL_ZY74aEntk5asLhruYJk3YJHHxTmsgKt1_4K__LWfNZTM1wtg_NeCBLbGRbeL4FRxmOzIZtI85_bgU_ES2rNC8GxwMzZcVq4OISb-n-LYyhQAWdeAmOxlEh2ZgHAHhUBH2FuMyU2NI/s320/20230618_111220.jpg" width="240" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlhQdZH-ILfWagB9It7skRm0p4YAiLHWMlJtL0Zm4RWCaGKmw7lOv8_ckJa9zTKVY8bookYmTYXiJtH-JU9tXV8xkHXkUY19f3hpYd5lUnirKw21p28FALpvms4cX9V9OkMJHJSNAhhkOnc0Vol_Dt3kCs0xIuN4ga6_d0rMPJ7RF0vqjDa1pJTzdQl0/s320/20230619_150036.jpg" width="240" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Camping in Ephrata is a highlight of the year for everyone! Unfortunately this year we have a lot going on so we aren't going to make it out to Eastern Washington to camp! :( </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnoZ11etsitwVaHlkBkDUcHOGzRugI0lujuOkEK9K2_0mynaPiF-2n7x0w2bympQuCYAjP16ZdDajoP56J9w9NtoBpZMiTd-kbtwZJ00FHaBWZ4oICwXKgikBYNC-xxfWi3B5A2IhHbU0Qtu4hEPWMkx9VJ9fRhjvdldWPY98kyT5v50t9qta1vywXHo/s4000/20230619_145533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnoZ11etsitwVaHlkBkDUcHOGzRugI0lujuOkEK9K2_0mynaPiF-2n7x0w2bympQuCYAjP16ZdDajoP56J9w9NtoBpZMiTd-kbtwZJ00FHaBWZ4oICwXKgikBYNC-xxfWi3B5A2IhHbU0Qtu4hEPWMkx9VJ9fRhjvdldWPY98kyT5v50t9qta1vywXHo/s320/20230619_145533.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">I look at these kids and think when did they grow up?!?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSXdpf7B_cJ1zoef_CnhDIAP27QP5m_sFI-Ja84vQ0RVXaFAf_Gsd_gHG8b4FhlWt90sgp0YT-NSaQdEsYtNuqiY4AYkLlpjAWKdFNq6Msq3TVjo98BCZXHWNFz7l-nT82AzSlF9gSEy72ndYYiG87PGfuI5ghNg2OpkIdEewAEWtFLkX4I1Ql5LmOFE/s4000/20230621_120355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSXdpf7B_cJ1zoef_CnhDIAP27QP5m_sFI-Ja84vQ0RVXaFAf_Gsd_gHG8b4FhlWt90sgp0YT-NSaQdEsYtNuqiY4AYkLlpjAWKdFNq6Msq3TVjo98BCZXHWNFz7l-nT82AzSlF9gSEy72ndYYiG87PGfuI5ghNg2OpkIdEewAEWtFLkX4I1Ql5LmOFE/s320/20230621_120355.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">This was when my sweet girl was not feeling well on our camping trip in Eastern Washington. Last year was especially hard for Ella trying to figure out why she kept getting migraines and throwing up. It was a trying time for sure. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNKlBUg7eIkBSqrhaFAkjHOP9vr5rehpjL2leUM2oFqV_o-vIE30A99EnWDqJhsLtWTRAsNF_lH42NqtBzKGF-KLcEYa9Y0wT7QWbIbkQCwq-B505tNpXlwj3TUkLtnOpgniN8HtAl9JhW1shmlHa3v2Zm1GU_cRJmBSjHyQGQIB26LT_OHt8I4pHSc8/s4000/20230626_131034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNKlBUg7eIkBSqrhaFAkjHOP9vr5rehpjL2leUM2oFqV_o-vIE30A99EnWDqJhsLtWTRAsNF_lH42NqtBzKGF-KLcEYa9Y0wT7QWbIbkQCwq-B505tNpXlwj3TUkLtnOpgniN8HtAl9JhW1shmlHa3v2Zm1GU_cRJmBSjHyQGQIB26LT_OHt8I4pHSc8/s320/20230626_131034.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Camping with friends is even more fun!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Y0Jt_PiwszgNF1ZYSJ1w0D4oCuHJA5eYMsTXvr6maFNCLOJAPU40gTc3L_RHCvi_rACHD2qn1YKTjEbdwE6PYBx2lgKuw7Y_LCmnfK4ueNzhSgCGc6gNl-AgjUoGQ-4hmvti937qRgytO4WKmGwT1rJHV9Ctnz0RWRNlFDhlvBgCsiyQyEgwiPOCP7k/s4000/20230626_131143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Y0Jt_PiwszgNF1ZYSJ1w0D4oCuHJA5eYMsTXvr6maFNCLOJAPU40gTc3L_RHCvi_rACHD2qn1YKTjEbdwE6PYBx2lgKuw7Y_LCmnfK4ueNzhSgCGc6gNl-AgjUoGQ-4hmvti937qRgytO4WKmGwT1rJHV9Ctnz0RWRNlFDhlvBgCsiyQyEgwiPOCP7k/s320/20230626_131143.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">The girls had so much fun being creative with their picture taking at the beach. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD5iw3-4IDkN97mZIlPcWFPsma5Vuo2bglPJo2eJxPjMs54HfTglyb0H_iw5lkzsedEmX4C0oDX8XFEqRrmRWDEElhK-g1BEPF2tHMQmQaVG4qi0CT0op6MKXuYKhti4SxaevcnJHI-bSX4bie-sb-72bN4HZpRs_P3VJK4_UXhYZp16nnsarwoO-hJg/s4000/20230626_132315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD5iw3-4IDkN97mZIlPcWFPsma5Vuo2bglPJo2eJxPjMs54HfTglyb0H_iw5lkzsedEmX4C0oDX8XFEqRrmRWDEElhK-g1BEPF2tHMQmQaVG4qi0CT0op6MKXuYKhti4SxaevcnJHI-bSX4bie-sb-72bN4HZpRs_P3VJK4_UXhYZp16nnsarwoO-hJg/s320/20230626_132315.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Mother Nature sure made for a fun backdrop with all the mist. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ASXG7JZQR-pNnH9QZmokR3BnzcpWfE9SaCCEdGPkjGfrZLLL2gDpuFLugh-dm6bkuUn2FfuH1p0jSfh7H35PKVRiECXArawHx76741iswUysGhq8Ljf075zJ7pYJGH8hsbk8KTIn9UPuzpu9pm3mUEfLvWlfi-UDG8sq8Md6u5Mm8THqeD_BQfMcI74/s4000/20230626_132745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ASXG7JZQR-pNnH9QZmokR3BnzcpWfE9SaCCEdGPkjGfrZLLL2gDpuFLugh-dm6bkuUn2FfuH1p0jSfh7H35PKVRiECXArawHx76741iswUysGhq8Ljf075zJ7pYJGH8hsbk8KTIn9UPuzpu9pm3mUEfLvWlfi-UDG8sq8Md6u5Mm8THqeD_BQfMcI74/s320/20230626_132745.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Ella is such a cutie! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsunFiC_uH8u_If_lDCokJ40tURoHlOJhn5Q8MBEbaFkyX1HYXTL9wgPs3qraGFZ09CTRTl6WDl64PPoqI0mxUErmK1pM0LZv9VGH1B6EayvyrEo3hTWvDWeAG2yY0sAjRfEgohGUW4xswE2N0O8VezryOuMwDYGDMjfuI-PAYjsE5vhSlBK_yW43LJPI/s4658/DSC03765.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3105" data-original-width="4658" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsunFiC_uH8u_If_lDCokJ40tURoHlOJhn5Q8MBEbaFkyX1HYXTL9wgPs3qraGFZ09CTRTl6WDl64PPoqI0mxUErmK1pM0LZv9VGH1B6EayvyrEo3hTWvDWeAG2yY0sAjRfEgohGUW4xswE2N0O8VezryOuMwDYGDMjfuI-PAYjsE5vhSlBK_yW43LJPI/s320/DSC03765.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Ella LOVES to spend time with her friends! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1Z0TAcszUdBScIVvdkNwSTXW5iAZscNcSdBTKjux6AEJh2kOTnwq_DcAYmsOnzRoIdp061NQEl91Q12ppsX2z4p7ePxE4fWGjONENgS2riaNAVtkYNXR3okSY_flVpb1BIzGqiBkj-y-FeHAAKbuW3cC74M4AoLtXZqzez4C3Hmk25FF7QUbF3ewK84/s4000/20230626_205200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1Z0TAcszUdBScIVvdkNwSTXW5iAZscNcSdBTKjux6AEJh2kOTnwq_DcAYmsOnzRoIdp061NQEl91Q12ppsX2z4p7ePxE4fWGjONENgS2riaNAVtkYNXR3okSY_flVpb1BIzGqiBkj-y-FeHAAKbuW3cC74M4AoLtXZqzez4C3Hmk25FF7QUbF3ewK84/s320/20230626_205200.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Does matter what she's doing either. She'll serve and help when needed. She a very hard worker! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOgYQZp6gF9tZ0HIfMl7nOGRf9TZhNox7XQTshjk5lHBowOIH5kE5R_TSksJsDr3VCgr1EmdqyfY4wc47Rrf5bLCk7zB9hGPRpkebaTktDrdlTJXqG79jvumQmgh2EE7Z6SPCpgK5U7doYNIKimFqkD18ysGBJmDAgTh64g8NoXZBBU_1K9aF7ZxZQ2M/s4608/IMG_20230704_132837657_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOgYQZp6gF9tZ0HIfMl7nOGRf9TZhNox7XQTshjk5lHBowOIH5kE5R_TSksJsDr3VCgr1EmdqyfY4wc47Rrf5bLCk7zB9hGPRpkebaTktDrdlTJXqG79jvumQmgh2EE7Z6SPCpgK5U7doYNIKimFqkD18ysGBJmDAgTh64g8NoXZBBU_1K9aF7ZxZQ2M/s320/IMG_20230704_132837657_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">These sweet girls have grown up together! They were just babies when they first met! Such precious friendships! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dTayyTwLO05jmHz2Dy1eXwHSvJb9ilnoXucvJQ0ct-LIBU5VOAEy1AjfK46rpCsfThn6UsRP-6UNqx88_7mLCyHoJ8V_3jPH0CUTKGWu3T-u49RUYpJcl4lHWOPGYSzwpVRmO1VMiJEfcagSaNssPYbUuYnBZF9Ee9OclrT3rJthiESXyxShyDD0a0k/s4000/20230704_114857.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dTayyTwLO05jmHz2Dy1eXwHSvJb9ilnoXucvJQ0ct-LIBU5VOAEy1AjfK46rpCsfThn6UsRP-6UNqx88_7mLCyHoJ8V_3jPH0CUTKGWu3T-u49RUYpJcl4lHWOPGYSzwpVRmO1VMiJEfcagSaNssPYbUuYnBZF9Ee9OclrT3rJthiESXyxShyDD0a0k/s320/20230704_114857.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Ella made another 4th of July shirt last year. This last year Ella wasn't as into crafts as she has been in the past. Her favorite thing to do creatively is probably color. Miss Ellen gave Ella a ton of coloring books and pencils and she's been really enjoying them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_KnFtAoZ9gakSlUPIydnK-vFHguV25fEzgefb2R41IZxBmvdoLJHVEjHswDSNSHoxsEPdai4yxvVZ03ePU1sJWUw0f5ccu_bKZOHRFjpofiMcUeSnZAmXXbpYUlOQMip88MCgvSLF2_nrrglfIYivABT_hM2p9rurFIDLptSlgN8uxkZP-3tdyw9_n4/s4000/20230704_181946.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_KnFtAoZ9gakSlUPIydnK-vFHguV25fEzgefb2R41IZxBmvdoLJHVEjHswDSNSHoxsEPdai4yxvVZ03ePU1sJWUw0f5ccu_bKZOHRFjpofiMcUeSnZAmXXbpYUlOQMip88MCgvSLF2_nrrglfIYivABT_hM2p9rurFIDLptSlgN8uxkZP-3tdyw9_n4/s320/20230704_181946.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">I never noticed before how much Ella and Anna look like sisters in this picture.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNpliuEAnaEiZp2wRNArLgarRN9Bslz30_AqU-B6GDXdMYjnPzWZR1dnXCPRbDkFeqhgQ_QGXApSD2OlP0Ho7D8I0nLMTgRc40RgQR7zkKf5yk3AcV4f7NwNIjPkUA1ua5JhN_WNilmTyKi3230WATv_jTqbFzp2OmQrsDUaEu7K-5Ro-c22YhXPKL8o/s4608/IMG_20230704_163803143_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNpliuEAnaEiZp2wRNArLgarRN9Bslz30_AqU-B6GDXdMYjnPzWZR1dnXCPRbDkFeqhgQ_QGXApSD2OlP0Ho7D8I0nLMTgRc40RgQR7zkKf5yk3AcV4f7NwNIjPkUA1ua5JhN_WNilmTyKi3230WATv_jTqbFzp2OmQrsDUaEu7K-5Ro-c22YhXPKL8o/s320/IMG_20230704_163803143_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Silly Jelly Beans! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiu_Qn2DuWpwULTQGIC0Tw-WTmJ4WSN2L0rxYg1osz-x8VP7ipBsDefWvKjVHct3CPXWr-5JvmHbyvOFUPlTWB0A5IGWlUyhLJi5HckO3_d7IFhk4XfyPqkfpNenMv7WMXYDdyOFM8zhlqbhNXfkSnOfW0Z1UfqpzV_lL0eyKRYqFvQl_3mddVVQmvBIg/s3648/20230713_124742.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiu_Qn2DuWpwULTQGIC0Tw-WTmJ4WSN2L0rxYg1osz-x8VP7ipBsDefWvKjVHct3CPXWr-5JvmHbyvOFUPlTWB0A5IGWlUyhLJi5HckO3_d7IFhk4XfyPqkfpNenMv7WMXYDdyOFM8zhlqbhNXfkSnOfW0Z1UfqpzV_lL0eyKRYqFvQl_3mddVVQmvBIg/s320/20230713_124742.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">In July Ella and I set out on a road trip to Eastern Washington. I love going on road trips with my girl, but unfortunately she was still struggling with her health. She did make the best of the time she felt good though. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XmVxL13TKIO3rwrszAvujINoyQGYKhNbb4z9_7_Ty6t8rvkljNLX5pjXXUHiepTxZuyJCXnH9C1jrNPQ0ra-FgMs7QsvPpQJJfLFHaw8YfhfJ2qQdSKEaPL_KFOx91CigKHJbOqLH5WwLl77CxgD1YHdx67b4DeQpd1kJCyUZE3hYTDODr-mLghI3Oc/s4000/20230716_155546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XmVxL13TKIO3rwrszAvujINoyQGYKhNbb4z9_7_Ty6t8rvkljNLX5pjXXUHiepTxZuyJCXnH9C1jrNPQ0ra-FgMs7QsvPpQJJfLFHaw8YfhfJ2qQdSKEaPL_KFOx91CigKHJbOqLH5WwLl77CxgD1YHdx67b4DeQpd1kJCyUZE3hYTDODr-mLghI3Oc/s320/20230716_155546.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Swimming at Papa Ed & Grandma Penny's house. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJj1CS109t8K8UYybSM1XHP0hqbBlD4d2verLVMSf0uSgFDr5MDNanQD4IPtoqg6v92GiUt1fOzjV3Cyjph6uaPN_ustMffu2RnHzv-YZ0GFWB111A-P8tMVs8EjXh4adaQCOyiRnQXa_5i0802Hs_NhW0n2SZp_WhMgwyeyiyHsojLUYFMsHFChHjZ5k/s3648/20230718_143134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJj1CS109t8K8UYybSM1XHP0hqbBlD4d2verLVMSf0uSgFDr5MDNanQD4IPtoqg6v92GiUt1fOzjV3Cyjph6uaPN_ustMffu2RnHzv-YZ0GFWB111A-P8tMVs8EjXh4adaQCOyiRnQXa_5i0802Hs_NhW0n2SZp_WhMgwyeyiyHsojLUYFMsHFChHjZ5k/s320/20230718_143134.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">At Silverwood...we love this tradition with Jen & Logan! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGxnJa95XARcSNzVBkQMraFdez3r2ik7p7lR-UPcxG9wCD5njUbfTk9GFrDetvvG2pZJEl_J-jV14wYd4EeC5flGWk_FDMF7HAfz_7Z7seV5JbfDRtXGYJ_wy2n6J_8-Rl0ideD3OVxU2vK5ApXnpL1NAIWz2XnkAdlbxb7-v2jiWT9NsV5Tmj3XsP9U/s2048/received_196991019731626.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGxnJa95XARcSNzVBkQMraFdez3r2ik7p7lR-UPcxG9wCD5njUbfTk9GFrDetvvG2pZJEl_J-jV14wYd4EeC5flGWk_FDMF7HAfz_7Z7seV5JbfDRtXGYJ_wy2n6J_8-Rl0ideD3OVxU2vK5ApXnpL1NAIWz2XnkAdlbxb7-v2jiWT9NsV5Tmj3XsP9U/s320/received_196991019731626.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Looking good in our shades! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfCxWJxQAqaNbNA5o4IHjihQWe_LNkML1f3c7903LV3FFHKzKzQjbghI-bF2e5dZitFkK21HkTlbr8Xltcp_JUxzamxM_s4EV2CENcv0749_YvXgGXgwHxgkmXqrIqYK_6kHcTdYW4M4Q_YkED6o46XRcw-9dxh6wX3jNozdW_kCjPSizFLj3IlZYu7o/s4000/20230719_100616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfCxWJxQAqaNbNA5o4IHjihQWe_LNkML1f3c7903LV3FFHKzKzQjbghI-bF2e5dZitFkK21HkTlbr8Xltcp_JUxzamxM_s4EV2CENcv0749_YvXgGXgwHxgkmXqrIqYK_6kHcTdYW4M4Q_YkED6o46XRcw-9dxh6wX3jNozdW_kCjPSizFLj3IlZYu7o/s320/20230719_100616.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Saying goodbye is always hard. Logan's house is like a home away from home for us. These girls year after year just keep their friendship alive even though they only see each other a few times a year. It really is a beautiful thing! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN16yuv5y2dy4PVk8tkJCbxfpRhRtzbf1MAM2LRqFTFR2djd76rap2ZWxrR46iBVzCFtKcW3ZT89dKRGY4fQnmQcHvHhBNioFy5KeDM5N2Hg-9SjMTA7eq5xTgT0nbcqtsq-_Vh9LZtK-DdsP-S0ZUH5MRIVLZhzTFRFlVgFLJyhpjwH5Vw2IBo4cMugs/s4000/20230807_132155.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN16yuv5y2dy4PVk8tkJCbxfpRhRtzbf1MAM2LRqFTFR2djd76rap2ZWxrR46iBVzCFtKcW3ZT89dKRGY4fQnmQcHvHhBNioFy5KeDM5N2Hg-9SjMTA7eq5xTgT0nbcqtsq-_Vh9LZtK-DdsP-S0ZUH5MRIVLZhzTFRFlVgFLJyhpjwH5Vw2IBo4cMugs/s320/20230807_132155.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">All the work Ella finished during her 6th grade year. Ella is still trying to catch up, but she sure is trekking along. She made really great progress. She is at grade level in Word Building and by the end of her 7th grade year if she finishes everything that's planned she'll only be 2 PACES behind in Math & English and 4 PACES behind in Social Studies. Even if she isn't able to finish everything that's planned I'm sure she'll be fully caught up by the end of her 8th grade year. She's such a rockstar when it comes to school work! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGsvKF1ETdcOlT4ykXKJMTRenGbRG_qNXpc3qooJ-tDkp_5gOrXjQLGeErEq5L99fdvwdcll79V7GH-SJeEBKbe2Y1P-mL3ObWRn3oCAv_MgkCjvXnJoohKBsK7XqaxHiZ0fAjBEFkwFMQdguif4oM1lrqC0Nzihj5xS1wi4LPo5Y0pe2v4qDIDV0Y_k/s4000/20230809_151832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGsvKF1ETdcOlT4ykXKJMTRenGbRG_qNXpc3qooJ-tDkp_5gOrXjQLGeErEq5L99fdvwdcll79V7GH-SJeEBKbe2Y1P-mL3ObWRn3oCAv_MgkCjvXnJoohKBsK7XqaxHiZ0fAjBEFkwFMQdguif4oM1lrqC0Nzihj5xS1wi4LPo5Y0pe2v4qDIDV0Y_k/s320/20230809_151832.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Summer camp! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">This was Ella's last year being able to go to Kids Camp. However, we are going to see if she can go this summer as a junior helper. She is not interested in going to the youth summer camp at all. They stay up until 1 or 2 in the morning and Ella does not like that. She is a younger 14 year old in comparison to girls who go to public school. She also has such a heart for younger kids. She loves helping out. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-9PBEM_1fZ_3Sg3XIAhfWdTsoYxaIE-ekd3wf0_hVG6ZRNzFOlmmIM8gkSJsH0BKYtxNV8dCdY4yd_HnARYoRXRaXByIX6maByfClKWXIvJD45Rk88EUJb49ey609qtOggCvW4gTT00P-MDIfUfTKzZjDULbBd1Ydm9gLQRSIWjObrsssgWeNs_6klc/s4000/20230903_122913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-9PBEM_1fZ_3Sg3XIAhfWdTsoYxaIE-ekd3wf0_hVG6ZRNzFOlmmIM8gkSJsH0BKYtxNV8dCdY4yd_HnARYoRXRaXByIX6maByfClKWXIvJD45Rk88EUJb49ey609qtOggCvW4gTT00P-MDIfUfTKzZjDULbBd1Ydm9gLQRSIWjObrsssgWeNs_6klc/s320/20230903_122913.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Over Labor Day weekend, Jen called me and said that her and Logan would like to surprise Ella. They only had a few hours to hang out with us so we decided to make the best of them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5aPG_qAJEwVdfCyiYuwK0ui_uAbsBsLbfL_dw-2S72N82ycwSoEzb6qV8GZUS5V5RfEEvC_PJ5bX7t3yyJRfOOIZuEiqszwjiLx-TcaciEiR9RWQGDRjLpmwYKttjezMuzwhXt4YHrlGrWC5p0k79t5krAgtRrTUbnUNcR-0Dur6pc27Zjzvy_I60Go/s4000/20230903_131921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5aPG_qAJEwVdfCyiYuwK0ui_uAbsBsLbfL_dw-2S72N82ycwSoEzb6qV8GZUS5V5RfEEvC_PJ5bX7t3yyJRfOOIZuEiqszwjiLx-TcaciEiR9RWQGDRjLpmwYKttjezMuzwhXt4YHrlGrWC5p0k79t5krAgtRrTUbnUNcR-0Dur6pc27Zjzvy_I60Go/s320/20230903_131921.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">We celebrated by getting Ella's 2nd piercing in her ears. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ox6AUk8U2hr-iiOqzNEEiHE3xtIe-NBgm0Pual8M_i_BvwKUejm-qM_WUnKrCI-Xhs58HxT-oGqUociJQJqCScLUybVa8tYD_1CfY4dJdSmnsog9jJlJ5NAqkolk4Dgfr0OLSQTomaySPjaEB8jb-wT_7fQ2OBGE088gXRewe4Z-yAGSGor-JoIhyphenhyphenPs/s4000/20230903_135549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ox6AUk8U2hr-iiOqzNEEiHE3xtIe-NBgm0Pual8M_i_BvwKUejm-qM_WUnKrCI-Xhs58HxT-oGqUociJQJqCScLUybVa8tYD_1CfY4dJdSmnsog9jJlJ5NAqkolk4Dgfr0OLSQTomaySPjaEB8jb-wT_7fQ2OBGE088gXRewe4Z-yAGSGor-JoIhyphenhyphenPs/s320/20230903_135549.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">She had been wanting to get her second piercing for quite some time so she was a happy girly. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">A couple days later when she ended up in the ER we had to take them out so she could have an MRI. I was able to pierce them again using her earrings once she was done with the MRI. They were only out of her head for 3 minutes and they had already started to close up!! Unfortunately due to this she's kind of had a bit of a struggle with them getting infected over and over. They haven't caused her trouble in a few weeks now so I think they are finally healed up. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlIoL561j0YflMGt1Di_i_WmgvqUbOsMQc0XBNjGxXAjDKymnjk3a_kLF_L8Vh7FxgXejTpdjnkRukWqthu-Py6cPLP6nNOvRzQXwxAexImwWUzqr2Xj3EqmFuSqg4S0pV2EVwPvraXq7Aj083h4AI4RWL-G8RAC7Ec4be8aqj98rFKc26VNvukAObjo/s2560/Resized_20230903_144632.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlIoL561j0YflMGt1Di_i_WmgvqUbOsMQc0XBNjGxXAjDKymnjk3a_kLF_L8Vh7FxgXejTpdjnkRukWqthu-Py6cPLP6nNOvRzQXwxAexImwWUzqr2Xj3EqmFuSqg4S0pV2EVwPvraXq7Aj083h4AI4RWL-G8RAC7Ec4be8aqj98rFKc26VNvukAObjo/s320/Resized_20230903_144632.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Precious friends! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">They are so cute they've already decided that when they get older they are going to live together in a house by the beach. Ella said that their husbands are just going to have to understand that they are all going to live together. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzPcdS3Lt2qAmGAgqK_THSSx7vfLf4RoHe-lo0Nw6GcZXLxU8oVH0NA5JX5gd-cFBIrIhbZF7gRambJfnFPqgJn59YoLvfZBXIqY2I9UEQoh2NUEDbGhVku_AOBgB3l8V6hQ1kkgM4lxO2FYSQVLwdgfkm7HrjJWZPcaYHFH3rS9zo3Ru1UGGJVUc6yI/s4000/20230903_171139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzPcdS3Lt2qAmGAgqK_THSSx7vfLf4RoHe-lo0Nw6GcZXLxU8oVH0NA5JX5gd-cFBIrIhbZF7gRambJfnFPqgJn59YoLvfZBXIqY2I9UEQoh2NUEDbGhVku_AOBgB3l8V6hQ1kkgM4lxO2FYSQVLwdgfkm7HrjJWZPcaYHFH3rS9zo3Ru1UGGJVUc6yI/s320/20230903_171139.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Later that same day we had the Back To School Bash at Red Robin. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">This year Papa & Ruth were able to come with us. Ga-Ga & Pa were on a long road trip and didn't get back until October! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQb3ZKn-ihQF4BvwtLewQxCQHWG4YRmGmEKVXjtRGd_8WSDAn43oNj3hhQuPJSJ_YCbXxhmBeNTRmgcW79vl64hJhmJ7IZ_gp4skbOpM8Qpw0xenM-Pt9ru5BVl42wNG-gSnBHLZDb0pWy_TwmO9Aoqtg4aKYBXoBaErhnETL4CiUsZL5_oLxu9m8Lqmk/s4000/20230905_114305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQb3ZKn-ihQF4BvwtLewQxCQHWG4YRmGmEKVXjtRGd_8WSDAn43oNj3hhQuPJSJ_YCbXxhmBeNTRmgcW79vl64hJhmJ7IZ_gp4skbOpM8Qpw0xenM-Pt9ru5BVl42wNG-gSnBHLZDb0pWy_TwmO9Aoqtg4aKYBXoBaErhnETL4CiUsZL5_oLxu9m8Lqmk/s320/20230905_114305.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Two days later on our first day of school last year, Ella ended up having one of her throwing up episodes. I had already taken her to the Neurosurgeon and he couldn't find anything wrong. He was concerned that she's had such bad throwing up episodes and I haven't taken her to the ER so this time I took her to the ER. Of course this particular time they gave her Tylenol and anti-nausea meds and she started feeling better. They did another MRI and her shunt was functioning properly so that's was good news. However, there really weren't any answers! It's so maddening to watch your child go through something like this and have nothing to go on. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">I will say this is what really kick started us into figure out what was going on. I ended up making an appt for Ella to see my Naturopath and see if we could look at her overall health instead of just focusing on her Hydrocephalus. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsGevkT2yMHk68RAHCS8-XHq2r84w6hDSH8q5pu1gLjltqcWrrq549R4NT00t7p_Zk5ACb7gKB1IEZEex4Fq83h2dZm7HOPKsUfpqFxXDiTBwihLWh6mLhFCrLZzqMaCk9koFnQFgThuGGGlRIaLECUK1V3XUWo_eG6Vpt5TfSX_YcE_LKBpOazpf-Ug/s4000/20230906_073745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsGevkT2yMHk68RAHCS8-XHq2r84w6hDSH8q5pu1gLjltqcWrrq549R4NT00t7p_Zk5ACb7gKB1IEZEex4Fq83h2dZm7HOPKsUfpqFxXDiTBwihLWh6mLhFCrLZzqMaCk9koFnQFgThuGGGlRIaLECUK1V3XUWo_eG6Vpt5TfSX_YcE_LKBpOazpf-Ug/s320/20230906_073745.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDM1X53Kz6WYg-ivO1zAUvEL4Zs6ouwzKftvGDWvYoz8-HuiZpeClERgAyTgX0HGjhYVA1oMQPCbGte6Udx54lNQGHu2ZTcu17qktV3_7K8oeALWJTgxP696lJbceL7Gpm1Btj-JEJrDpF04xucT5A2okRbyHca0w9Kz0Up2hBho09Ph25_ydFx_OwHLA/s4000/20230906_073656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDM1X53Kz6WYg-ivO1zAUvEL4Zs6ouwzKftvGDWvYoz8-HuiZpeClERgAyTgX0HGjhYVA1oMQPCbGte6Udx54lNQGHu2ZTcu17qktV3_7K8oeALWJTgxP696lJbceL7Gpm1Btj-JEJrDpF04xucT5A2okRbyHca0w9Kz0Up2hBho09Ph25_ydFx_OwHLA/s320/20230906_073656.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Since Ella wasn't feeling great on the first day of school we postponed school pictures to the second day, but I still left the sign so it said the first day of school. In fact that sign still says the first day of school almost 5 months later! :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzv1ikY3QDlu0nT-I5nFBrPYkGtXziy6JASF5-zC24OTaqh6hoVi-7pgyJUcVKHv1jmUNrmBw_NXVJs-WFWH22Kg5YZ6Y9nAfwPNZshtDmYa3bG7JPqhapwjBkSzpxCNRqHT0tTkKHZYVmwjQyAdZdcAVFZD4myzkKOzeBeK_JTkDQ2Q-X8-1QiIUvCY/s4000/20230909_204040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzv1ikY3QDlu0nT-I5nFBrPYkGtXziy6JASF5-zC24OTaqh6hoVi-7pgyJUcVKHv1jmUNrmBw_NXVJs-WFWH22Kg5YZ6Y9nAfwPNZshtDmYa3bG7JPqhapwjBkSzpxCNRqHT0tTkKHZYVmwjQyAdZdcAVFZD4myzkKOzeBeK_JTkDQ2Q-X8-1QiIUvCY/s320/20230909_204040.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">My sweet girly! I love her so much! </span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJpxInAvtb4KAUR5oAysLGmee_uv5bXStnFhAjHCtglwnaAffAJHAFLPjBTf_EkNS21tvGxvlJtddoFAR_-8jZ9hr8Y7tCh4-fev00O29mlTStNdYlBUU4rE063ibzFVTqGKXR4sdkwmLiyvVpLJQr_sKO4_Cp5ad3ExamgEc27IdrdS9IE3yXqhq2fk/s4000/20231023_130415.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJpxInAvtb4KAUR5oAysLGmee_uv5bXStnFhAjHCtglwnaAffAJHAFLPjBTf_EkNS21tvGxvlJtddoFAR_-8jZ9hr8Y7tCh4-fev00O29mlTStNdYlBUU4rE063ibzFVTqGKXR4sdkwmLiyvVpLJQr_sKO4_Cp5ad3ExamgEc27IdrdS9IE3yXqhq2fk/s320/20231023_130415.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">When we went to the Corn Maze this year I was paired up with Ella and Zeke while Owen and Jack ran off on their own. While we were walking in the maze Ella ended up finding a $20 bill and no one was around at all!!! It was in one of the areas where people cut through the cornstalks instead of using the pathway and Ella said it served them right that they lost their $20 bill! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Rv2FbHxrzB9SOAbGK6EI26O5Nl1jrretiv-aXGfGJlKINIgLiOlA4dbKYy2RBLM2DU8cV6Y7IGgAmZ6O1XmUBDD5_hyphenhyphenELFJTNyyfsFCe18l1-a7xH4AjsHS_Koz2PICkqmkFaGMfR567mwRbhIWpq3I6n3OFGRNdyJ8IbPhlPzqKZM2cHFl3fSDWFfA/s3648/20231023_132054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Rv2FbHxrzB9SOAbGK6EI26O5Nl1jrretiv-aXGfGJlKINIgLiOlA4dbKYy2RBLM2DU8cV6Y7IGgAmZ6O1XmUBDD5_hyphenhyphenELFJTNyyfsFCe18l1-a7xH4AjsHS_Koz2PICkqmkFaGMfR567mwRbhIWpq3I6n3OFGRNdyJ8IbPhlPzqKZM2cHFl3fSDWFfA/s320/20231023_132054.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">We ended up beating Owen and Jack so we just sat outside the maze waiting for them to be finished. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHn9sk06HMU4gSRjaGlCTV6t5ILu5xQvgunWuGyl4Kx6vgdEK7KL-YO4m7vcjv5AkX8D81RElWK9ySKiIbyy5PO3_B86hPdtq8e_RSOBaLXo0EjOURwfM9-4vzoGKPLtEHRocXPRVES3Fcfs9A75cLFe82erD8WxkPPT14TqHp-bWcy_1ND3CC2ZK_tk/s4000/20231023_133047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHn9sk06HMU4gSRjaGlCTV6t5ILu5xQvgunWuGyl4Kx6vgdEK7KL-YO4m7vcjv5AkX8D81RElWK9ySKiIbyy5PO3_B86hPdtq8e_RSOBaLXo0EjOURwfM9-4vzoGKPLtEHRocXPRVES3Fcfs9A75cLFe82erD8WxkPPT14TqHp-bWcy_1ND3CC2ZK_tk/s320/20231023_133047.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">This girl is thisclose to being as tall as me! Years ago the doctor predicted that she would be 5' 5" tall, but she has basically stalled out in her growth. She's so silly though because she wants to be taller than me and at the same time she doesn't want to grow anymore. So I guess she wants me to shrink! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_8eikdCrrKMvx14S-qPJYx5qmYZUL0YS5Hgec9dEmnQtMYLu4-5Zz6r81v8hNBXbB-iboWP4d2fwqcM9HCCKWp21RnhNB_OaBiDbRmzWBuA27d9haADVVvEY3-uWnl5lVxxpCIJla_VGoaL8FIFCRzSTDwAc5ZqH5Hd11jHy6Q-FsoRfEq-Br6pX8rU/s4000/20231029_154019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_8eikdCrrKMvx14S-qPJYx5qmYZUL0YS5Hgec9dEmnQtMYLu4-5Zz6r81v8hNBXbB-iboWP4d2fwqcM9HCCKWp21RnhNB_OaBiDbRmzWBuA27d9haADVVvEY3-uWnl5lVxxpCIJla_VGoaL8FIFCRzSTDwAc5ZqH5Hd11jHy6Q-FsoRfEq-Br6pX8rU/s320/20231029_154019.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Owen and Ella worked together to run the Axe Throwing game at our church's Fall Festival. She ended up throwing the Axe so much her whole arm was sore for days. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NmaFuB303MwmX4uBuNaqo-HKjxCPxPkZ0FGUTft6IIpkMInANH6C0zk5917jrBH_aeMjTtKPX4QBLw3dCdqnshDIXAzdmL7kh5ZS9DHr0jftUhSoyP-4a-Y2gHbJgRWKIIa-0Ai_Lu53ANTqAYnp0v6TMsEtnyivllW4uyIi9DAoBI3d6KwtC8dQh1Y/s4000/20231029_173345.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NmaFuB303MwmX4uBuNaqo-HKjxCPxPkZ0FGUTft6IIpkMInANH6C0zk5917jrBH_aeMjTtKPX4QBLw3dCdqnshDIXAzdmL7kh5ZS9DHr0jftUhSoyP-4a-Y2gHbJgRWKIIa-0Ai_Lu53ANTqAYnp0v6TMsEtnyivllW4uyIi9DAoBI3d6KwtC8dQh1Y/s320/20231029_173345.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">This year Ella developed a crush on someone in this picture. I'm not going to name names though. He is a very sweet guy. She even wrote him a letter telling him she liked him. After that he sort of got weird and stopped talking to her. Just recently they started talking again so that's been nice. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmlme3nc2Tabf1Rle4nKxs8nv7whoAUWK1I8gBYDkPUMQVXpKg1SeJyk_QSi1L8zFkW2YfKDUsum2O7SGJdEaEBcSH17iHu9M4Hn3ffrKA8Vgu5rQXFsSEu0vbLKGYo70CZ1lKX3KlCYdmZ1sR2d-GMScSoclrBG1YnBsOCJoiItxmju0VGpyhUuuT88/s4000/20231101_155028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmlme3nc2Tabf1Rle4nKxs8nv7whoAUWK1I8gBYDkPUMQVXpKg1SeJyk_QSi1L8zFkW2YfKDUsum2O7SGJdEaEBcSH17iHu9M4Hn3ffrKA8Vgu5rQXFsSEu0vbLKGYo70CZ1lKX3KlCYdmZ1sR2d-GMScSoclrBG1YnBsOCJoiItxmju0VGpyhUuuT88/s320/20231101_155028.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">This cute hippy girl did not get to go trick or treating since she was having another throwing up episode, but I had her put on her costume the next day so I could take a picture. Thankfully this was the last time she's had a throwing up episode. PTL!!!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Ella met with my Naturopath and she listened to us tell her Ella's whole medical history. We decided to do a food sensitivity blood test. At this point Ella had already lost too much weight so we didn't want to do an exclusion diet and have her lose more. The blood test came back and showed that Ella has a level 4 (highest level) sensitivity to dairy...even goat milk. She has a low sensitivity to gluten and eggs, but since we knew taking dairy out of her diet was going to be hard enough we decided to focus on that and then possibly exclude the others at a later date. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Thankfully milk ended up being the culprit and after a few weeks of no dairy we started to really see a decline in her headaches. We also figured out that Excedrin Migraine is just the best medicine in the world. My Naturopath also put Ella on magnesium since that can help with headaches as well. We also decided to lower her dose of Topiramate which is her migraine meds that her Neurologist put her on. These throwing up episodes increased in number when he increased her meds even though her Neurologist said that shouldn't be the case. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">In all honesty I'm super irritated with the medical world right now. Not once in all the times we've dealt with Ella's headaches did any of the medical specialists tell us that something as simple as magnesium could help. They also never once recommended caffeine which is the main ingredient in Excedrin Migraine. We've had multiply appts with her GP, Neurologist and Neurosurgeon and they've never truly listened to me the way my Naturopath did. They just kept focusing on her Hydrocephalus and they couldn't see past that. They also just wanted to keep throwing more pharmaceuticals at her which I get because they're doctors, but it really shows where their loyalties lie. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Ella is going on 3+ months of no throwing up. She's had a few headaches, but even those have drastically lowered to maybe 1 - 2 a month. All she does is take her magnesium and an Excedrin and she's good though. After 2 months of no dairy we decided to slowly start to incorporate dairy back in. She now has one milk product a day and she hasn't noticed any increase in headaches. I'm contemplating reducing her Topiramate even more. I honestly don't think it's been helping much at all. It was suppose to help with migraines, but she was still getting them. Right now she takes 25mg in the morning at night so it's not a high dose at all. I think we'll go down to just once a day and see how she feels. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9isB0LtKQfdmHwqYu9MNiHtzTjRKn4jS-F_B-A8_SZJM-utdSs8fH_QMfd9BDR8wiWb800GN67NEuiHmgbHNWA3Hbl3i_B5_lwIvL5GA-IWv9DDGmSLhAeYsMmEjOMFwdw29MSSe5_oF7CLB-JTN-YSO-EVscl8GuTNjfK5WY3PnB5_YnHQIWlK_rzTI/s4000/20231108_183305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9isB0LtKQfdmHwqYu9MNiHtzTjRKn4jS-F_B-A8_SZJM-utdSs8fH_QMfd9BDR8wiWb800GN67NEuiHmgbHNWA3Hbl3i_B5_lwIvL5GA-IWv9DDGmSLhAeYsMmEjOMFwdw29MSSe5_oF7CLB-JTN-YSO-EVscl8GuTNjfK5WY3PnB5_YnHQIWlK_rzTI/s320/20231108_183305.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">These kids are growing UP! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7FwKU_Hi2Ok0zjuS9sMh8vdy1vNZjC1ExZgx-RiA1UXnnrIMVoLPNJw5jSExGycLUhA7J1FrcQJf3G3ovXaMuj6pZ856-5H1VKT73yTuJzVkH_Mnka2CGAiJOSf4are6dLyy9TeDJmRnnzL__M0298eWZfbC3_pemF1herzXd5zrOmATZ3-rl76JYlk/s4000/20231114_171516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7FwKU_Hi2Ok0zjuS9sMh8vdy1vNZjC1ExZgx-RiA1UXnnrIMVoLPNJw5jSExGycLUhA7J1FrcQJf3G3ovXaMuj6pZ856-5H1VKT73yTuJzVkH_Mnka2CGAiJOSf4are6dLyy9TeDJmRnnzL__M0298eWZfbC3_pemF1herzXd5zrOmATZ3-rl76JYlk/s320/20231114_171516.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">In November all the kids tested for their next belt in Taekwondo. Ella is receiving her new low green belt from Master Kelsey. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXk_o7D1dI7s5CifHkaK5Suxkdnzr1_H8fY40kD9sGHK4dc4zWiheQvHGRjf_MbttGUcQ0lSkUCp9608gQl6HCu_SWzRSk8SpKl87ZcyMeB18Sj4JyNJY9SmfHMdeo9bqhWY8jzzMn_kVg9KJskhDKZe3re55ZAZ0d7sLIUQ_JD7nzPRtsysEo5bYIGFM/s4000/20231125_161531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXk_o7D1dI7s5CifHkaK5Suxkdnzr1_H8fY40kD9sGHK4dc4zWiheQvHGRjf_MbttGUcQ0lSkUCp9608gQl6HCu_SWzRSk8SpKl87ZcyMeB18Sj4JyNJY9SmfHMdeo9bqhWY8jzzMn_kVg9KJskhDKZe3re55ZAZ0d7sLIUQ_JD7nzPRtsysEo5bYIGFM/s320/20231125_161531.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Even though Ella sees Anna & Addison every Friday at Homeschool Choir they don't really get a lot of time to hang out. The holidays are always such a nice time for the kids to get to just be with each other. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BFYYLxG_Mapolu-pLmoG4P01Q7ddE960szQ10xPTfjApM3Kq1S2wb-1gTWaClsqDIXhyphenhypheneTFum3FhxxHT06K-ZK3nrmlweOr5xD5bXpCgiSKH7XP_xMekOfUXAzwKTQd4qwKoixeQliqL68nSHPvXfAoTQ05FMrfvnRGQx7pXLShmXz1_4QIdWM8IbSo/s4000/20231125_180921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BFYYLxG_Mapolu-pLmoG4P01Q7ddE960szQ10xPTfjApM3Kq1S2wb-1gTWaClsqDIXhyphenhypheneTFum3FhxxHT06K-ZK3nrmlweOr5xD5bXpCgiSKH7XP_xMekOfUXAzwKTQd4qwKoixeQliqL68nSHPvXfAoTQ05FMrfvnRGQx7pXLShmXz1_4QIdWM8IbSo/s320/20231125_180921.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXUNCyYvqy7Fg3zn422s6cSKrJuz0TjgLEnLHzBI8umaYsvaGPF2nJHNhsU7POdowPLRiAQghoUHKbk3vh8lBODUZVU_RR3937B6OstfYeN8-aKybkkfgpN-JcQD5NPKCwnx1Mo_lVbT-2XTmAO38rZGj8lPuskNUm8zNvHfw4PpxPG38GT91eJYRqIE/s4000/20231125_180947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXUNCyYvqy7Fg3zn422s6cSKrJuz0TjgLEnLHzBI8umaYsvaGPF2nJHNhsU7POdowPLRiAQghoUHKbk3vh8lBODUZVU_RR3937B6OstfYeN8-aKybkkfgpN-JcQD5NPKCwnx1Mo_lVbT-2XTmAO38rZGj8lPuskNUm8zNvHfw4PpxPG38GT91eJYRqIE/s320/20231125_180947.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Grandparents!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Ella is in a huge flannel wearing phase. She has at least 6 different flannels and then she usually asks to borrow mine as well. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWixFfDVh27qOhunfusFNBJlkSza-rGNTFcztnRTyMNhnUMDr9FSVl4Gffwy9vk9LNZtR1DAuuA3ZppSrJb-5cPJepVzJ4jPytpC-Pj1ZhpnCVHxWkP0PyBDL2fdxNQa4d-23eBgVqvX5_Ul0ELdiKU-zPHLpDzNErG3ANpHGrYH3ddVzufOuqrWiof3Q/s3648/20231201_171127.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWixFfDVh27qOhunfusFNBJlkSza-rGNTFcztnRTyMNhnUMDr9FSVl4Gffwy9vk9LNZtR1DAuuA3ZppSrJb-5cPJepVzJ4jPytpC-Pj1ZhpnCVHxWkP0PyBDL2fdxNQa4d-23eBgVqvX5_Ul0ELdiKU-zPHLpDzNErG3ANpHGrYH3ddVzufOuqrWiof3Q/s320/20231201_171127.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">On December 1st, Ella got to attend the Women's Christmas Dinner at church with me. Earlier in the day she had gotten her RX glasses. She was amazed at how much better she can see. She looks so cute in glasses. She also looks adorable with her hair straightened. I love her curls too though! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb85-V8BQQGWTPy3_nD_3ZJ0QIrRy6f0HL11iowu7bsvYcQfJuUhvsRkQzGGljxCOHcv8ruvr8ro8dq6COZ0areoiDyvhWIBSTX2YL3lt2TBQw14BDaewE1kPRhFg8QMtWq9EMIjrRYPd7Kxf0uCO7WAtgx9RcltR1-u9eJlr0Md2QZRusRZsiPHSGF7s/s4000/20231218_203722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb85-V8BQQGWTPy3_nD_3ZJ0QIrRy6f0HL11iowu7bsvYcQfJuUhvsRkQzGGljxCOHcv8ruvr8ro8dq6COZ0areoiDyvhWIBSTX2YL3lt2TBQw14BDaewE1kPRhFg8QMtWq9EMIjrRYPd7Kxf0uCO7WAtgx9RcltR1-u9eJlr0Md2QZRusRZsiPHSGF7s/s320/20231218_203722.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Christmas Choir! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">I attended the first night with Papa & Ruth. We sat on the left side in the middle so we could see Ella's face. At the Easter Concert we could barely see her. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28b9YuEcW9gWhe1yf1EO416x3LPCaTWLb9-MOr-BtsEDyLV19r4DaqACg1zuPoFzBfDeNp1EyflwTMMxK4xfQGcOqEvnQ82B8p2TE5b61FbQ1nZ226xzPeEUM5UL14OK12kh52PVNCk98qZMM9lt_ZLnxjrUDJg5dRk3ipou7KFa8QVNnTktK1T5F0JI/s1600/1000001988.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28b9YuEcW9gWhe1yf1EO416x3LPCaTWLb9-MOr-BtsEDyLV19r4DaqACg1zuPoFzBfDeNp1EyflwTMMxK4xfQGcOqEvnQ82B8p2TE5b61FbQ1nZ226xzPeEUM5UL14OK12kh52PVNCk98qZMM9lt_ZLnxjrUDJg5dRk3ipou7KFa8QVNnTktK1T5F0JI/s320/1000001988.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Michael, the boys and Ga-Ga & Pa attended the second night...I wasn't feeling well. They didn't sit far enough to the left so Ella's face was covered the whole time by the person in front of her. What was funny was the girl that was covering her is named Ella as well. In fact she's Ella Martinez. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDrGO87eVBmLBJiJud8I7mGMyURvfRgwQIZo-f4ZezL772WxU5ECbQU2KJX4Z7OZTDlzs1EJJ_n4RadfYb713xYkyfjplXjGseNxjAsn0lnuXthQcPu40FhGsQPCIl0onwvdBzHC2UYGbJw7AcFotY9WkrR5FivbAuqRCTw1Ss8jgyKXjNdDEtbcKN_g/s4032/PXL_20231220_021929708.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDrGO87eVBmLBJiJud8I7mGMyURvfRgwQIZo-f4ZezL772WxU5ECbQU2KJX4Z7OZTDlzs1EJJ_n4RadfYb713xYkyfjplXjGseNxjAsn0lnuXthQcPu40FhGsQPCIl0onwvdBzHC2UYGbJw7AcFotY9WkrR5FivbAuqRCTw1Ss8jgyKXjNdDEtbcKN_g/s320/PXL_20231220_021929708.MP.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Ella and June haven't been able to see each other nearly as much this year since they haven't been in the same choir. June is in Cantate 1 while Ella is in Cantate 2. They have become pen pals though so they mail letters back and forth to each other which is so cute. </span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGCmVw4KQOQrJ7lkXRQm7K-66xxvHnxaofqgyFJl32-LISHg3EpzztVNdfTpgZono5hZCKh5H1P35pRgraufU76pAgrqY2z63e5zO9Za5j8WQvpoBq1MmDL5SBXlm8VoooN74PvKDUV0cS320YP4d8qTr3qRXKI5m4RGaGQ4w7kkHqYLKvJZ5lceM3P8/s1600/1000001985.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGCmVw4KQOQrJ7lkXRQm7K-66xxvHnxaofqgyFJl32-LISHg3EpzztVNdfTpgZono5hZCKh5H1P35pRgraufU76pAgrqY2z63e5zO9Za5j8WQvpoBq1MmDL5SBXlm8VoooN74PvKDUV0cS320YP4d8qTr3qRXKI5m4RGaGQ4w7kkHqYLKvJZ5lceM3P8/s320/1000001985.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Beautiful ladies!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzbLKzf3c4Bwn6fRvXONuIuZXE1XasWqpeTLPtpCcXGyqqxYPw72GxXhIE54RzLda4DaH6h343rZ7Wea7kR2gvVKlGb9ix3UjHJtIK54ZjJy9ylNR4YIO39XfZXE_Io64SQqoCqJTfrNff5WbaIoRVFQOR3eFdzJVVwoUJ5HLWety2Z7GtJSIuqyW6ZM/s4000/20231224_114220.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzbLKzf3c4Bwn6fRvXONuIuZXE1XasWqpeTLPtpCcXGyqqxYPw72GxXhIE54RzLda4DaH6h343rZ7Wea7kR2gvVKlGb9ix3UjHJtIK54ZjJy9ylNR4YIO39XfZXE_Io64SQqoCqJTfrNff5WbaIoRVFQOR3eFdzJVVwoUJ5HLWety2Z7GtJSIuqyW6ZM/s320/20231224_114220.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">My Christmas Babies picture is my favorite picture of the whole year! They aren't babies anymore, but at the same time they'll always be my babies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBd9SB6A3Jbwg7rE6Y-Ht6npY4U71eWfpRLz57nk6ByYD84mhZFZeaEBYKaHSpHeB4mC0bVYYnM2oLsMPHA2jywhBf6ErLMV-S3R5D_paiAHNCZO5PdRBhyGxvEM4qRHZD9XQ6t-2Qw7canlv_4Ho_IZLlhsC81S15sLPkJeJPmgIJAwTo8rQ5qFdjyRc/s4000/20231225_070902.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBd9SB6A3Jbwg7rE6Y-Ht6npY4U71eWfpRLz57nk6ByYD84mhZFZeaEBYKaHSpHeB4mC0bVYYnM2oLsMPHA2jywhBf6ErLMV-S3R5D_paiAHNCZO5PdRBhyGxvEM4qRHZD9XQ6t-2Qw7canlv_4Ho_IZLlhsC81S15sLPkJeJPmgIJAwTo8rQ5qFdjyRc/s320/20231225_070902.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Zeke picked Ella's name this year. She is all about make-up, jewelry, shoes and clothes. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFogcB9TICopT0RLYWmw7MiZYljtGmP4Sd3gd_ehhLmidEcIdofENX9gkgW5tm_LgQLe77LygghT_KsGLZkIXBZJ_gBSJcYYSMXgwjK1JQEd_H5oZS_0p3G2P3IX4RqbpF-u3cl8-fw4dKzEK7_bwItYL-FUJZ0pv2rQye8Ee8UvfbXni4Bp6r1-ODTq4/s4000/20231225_135720.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFogcB9TICopT0RLYWmw7MiZYljtGmP4Sd3gd_ehhLmidEcIdofENX9gkgW5tm_LgQLe77LygghT_KsGLZkIXBZJ_gBSJcYYSMXgwjK1JQEd_H5oZS_0p3G2P3IX4RqbpF-u3cl8-fw4dKzEK7_bwItYL-FUJZ0pv2rQye8Ee8UvfbXni4Bp6r1-ODTq4/s320/20231225_135720.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Here's she is wearing another one of my shirts. She's so cute and I love that she likes to wear my clothes. I was never able to wear my mom's clothes growing up and I was always bummed about that. Papa & Ruth gave her these cute hippy glasses for part of her Christmas present. She can totally pull them off! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcxCOquv2kNRTnTPgvhAMnJDXll3qgoCOk6zthbFAK102Lxi0jv4KzFxPrveLeO7Rclg9tvZIhuaxlLHG_rQ1xpDb4i_zsY8FY4aAHGCpI9JYWpbM6dFIay78htg3_jN0vcWZ8kBwvup3NuruJpyli4wjTbmLsi3Kb-UZQhhvu5IDnBIH2JVwtJabCCE/s3648/20231225_201638.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcxCOquv2kNRTnTPgvhAMnJDXll3qgoCOk6zthbFAK102Lxi0jv4KzFxPrveLeO7Rclg9tvZIhuaxlLHG_rQ1xpDb4i_zsY8FY4aAHGCpI9JYWpbM6dFIay78htg3_jN0vcWZ8kBwvup3NuruJpyli4wjTbmLsi3Kb-UZQhhvu5IDnBIH2JVwtJabCCE/s320/20231225_201638.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Ella Grace loves her Daddy! Although she doesn't love when he kisses her cheek when his facial hair is too long. She complains that it's too pokey! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzhbjkqvSxeWi6MyWCiZVO7cGf46Qwz6EifCgV6dacgk7D-gYUxUrO-NmTO_Yg9H5BWHil9Tqmlis4xZopq_CG8APLQozwf2q2H2RpGE0sdWzc-ktBS425p-Kr7fu9hgEjYCCmdoo86XcBPawwUOAirQBsBCbNkELZEnclvHOqrJlVnI7kaAZCP9x9UI/s4000/20231231_222722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzhbjkqvSxeWi6MyWCiZVO7cGf46Qwz6EifCgV6dacgk7D-gYUxUrO-NmTO_Yg9H5BWHil9Tqmlis4xZopq_CG8APLQozwf2q2H2RpGE0sdWzc-ktBS425p-Kr7fu9hgEjYCCmdoo86XcBPawwUOAirQBsBCbNkELZEnclvHOqrJlVnI7kaAZCP9x9UI/s320/20231231_222722.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Trying out sparkling non-alcoholic wine on New Year's....it was a no bueno for all the kids. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMDkX0jx-4Jap0oNZdag4LwtRGa8LsWk_v_Npe180j_8obUsxzdYo2rh7nDdrMW-_fgwda0rT-rsVEJDnYGlRnuPVPlSmF_I8OjdnYRwi1mNoY0dkoN45sdCbwT4RYlQ-lMnvLaFC4kuBm4LgMUXXIDPMQFVOfTsXGIa3lS7kYEMb5ZReRD83aesW86g/s3648/20240112_081309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMDkX0jx-4Jap0oNZdag4LwtRGa8LsWk_v_Npe180j_8obUsxzdYo2rh7nDdrMW-_fgwda0rT-rsVEJDnYGlRnuPVPlSmF_I8OjdnYRwi1mNoY0dkoN45sdCbwT4RYlQ-lMnvLaFC4kuBm4LgMUXXIDPMQFVOfTsXGIa3lS7kYEMb5ZReRD83aesW86g/s320/20240112_081309.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">At the end of the year Jen texted me and asked if Ella and I would like to use their buddy passes to fly over for New Years. I knew that wouldn't work out, but we made plans to come over on MLK JR weekend. This was my first time flying stand by without an Alaska Airline employee with me. I was a bit nervous, but it work out and we got the flight we wanted to even though it was delayed by a couple of hours. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptexTg9mPITih706N-_uWp1T-AZiPyudE0U1qzaRWd7FlzNKxWe5bypkE064qmUss9hGnpY4ZYBE9dvj3vJpZ03h_8a2Q7K0PCV2qal77Rr0YRKk3SMK9q3D174NEWfBQzt9TphDHFaTdcUGJ7MNbnKluJ3y3jF_3E1F58CpC259kQfS7pzACBDxGg2g/s4000/20240112_111326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptexTg9mPITih706N-_uWp1T-AZiPyudE0U1qzaRWd7FlzNKxWe5bypkE064qmUss9hGnpY4ZYBE9dvj3vJpZ03h_8a2Q7K0PCV2qal77Rr0YRKk3SMK9q3D174NEWfBQzt9TphDHFaTdcUGJ7MNbnKluJ3y3jF_3E1F58CpC259kQfS7pzACBDxGg2g/s320/20240112_111326.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">All the kids have flown once, but they were all so little so they have no memory of it. I was right around Ella's age when I flew for the first time. It's funny how you project your experiences onto your kids. I was sure she was going to be freaked out about flying like I was. When we were getting ready to take-off I asked her if she wanted to hold my hand. She looked at me all confused and said, "Why?" I guess she was just fine with flying. :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPh8WNZJhGcDFyQJrGEDXUdukNUEbM8XCIQ5aTu6qm5Vdmcml_6awC2SUwBDTH9liZTOIPgtOjmOgp_g9uc9kWYKyTIzilp5AP4X5yW6rU2ihutV8JJLIrqnYb_UVP_QKvZ6R7FPUBuyyjjyAoTGAd2AfiiXIQZivLjCbXTVFLfWs9YxGNcNkG5xubOPw/s4000/20240112_152800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPh8WNZJhGcDFyQJrGEDXUdukNUEbM8XCIQ5aTu6qm5Vdmcml_6awC2SUwBDTH9liZTOIPgtOjmOgp_g9uc9kWYKyTIzilp5AP4X5yW6rU2ihutV8JJLIrqnYb_UVP_QKvZ6R7FPUBuyyjjyAoTGAd2AfiiXIQZivLjCbXTVFLfWs9YxGNcNkG5xubOPw/s320/20240112_152800.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Reunited and it feels so good! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">While on this trip it was extremely cold. We were in -9 degree weather at one point. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWC9zkXlD8kYy6CwJNPj764YoUHltFFNa5W1_dUlrOpiqHw6WJmPMW-15W2xGDYYHs2GLoG1_1JSrDoDt9eMZRwZH4t98vkmN3IDRw7co4jKEWkDMjcVZRb8Qo7V_xH6uuijsvKOUShNOo5hfy8U41geLC3p9PP7DB2cNs5dGwK8h2LmTDDGglSNh6GUw/s3648/20240113_173608.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWC9zkXlD8kYy6CwJNPj764YoUHltFFNa5W1_dUlrOpiqHw6WJmPMW-15W2xGDYYHs2GLoG1_1JSrDoDt9eMZRwZH4t98vkmN3IDRw7co4jKEWkDMjcVZRb8Qo7V_xH6uuijsvKOUShNOo5hfy8U41geLC3p9PP7DB2cNs5dGwK8h2LmTDDGglSNh6GUw/s320/20240113_173608.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">We did have to keep up our tradition of going to Cracker Barrel and we all got the Lemon Pepper Trout as well! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCxir0U2JVSpDqNSymmvZOV-WSYavzB7tgo0iSS3x-EkWhFzknLoV0dieK9NJhUZ0XhJj5k13vLar_xRhaOC2XFIyJcD54zUfcOiNsnJC5VoUrtF0PzEMW6SuO48PW43gW65gNNg6peL4dlqnEeFuTdQsa43LHzYn6fxVWGb3_0z24j8N1h55vFcPr3Mc/s4000/20240113_183548.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCxir0U2JVSpDqNSymmvZOV-WSYavzB7tgo0iSS3x-EkWhFzknLoV0dieK9NJhUZ0XhJj5k13vLar_xRhaOC2XFIyJcD54zUfcOiNsnJC5VoUrtF0PzEMW6SuO48PW43gW65gNNg6peL4dlqnEeFuTdQsa43LHzYn6fxVWGb3_0z24j8N1h55vFcPr3Mc/s320/20240113_183548.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">The girls decided to put make-up on and do their hair all cute. These girls are just gorgeous. I remember what I looked like at 13 and 14 and this was not it! </span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1F4_via6ZN3E18MNXtWyhVWdcVNMyFfJ87Hvitt-qvF59TV83gvbZbfCAKmuBsisYA32QuunZ4gQsM-_0RxBg-pKYyRhhyphenhyphentQOarkuduxw0Z70G3UWrGdVdJGn7qxJP9BjqGV5KsJ3Om_Oeu5jvPE09Nt_nZ6NMWGKdeYCqW1rfwdka7atW3WPVhEH3Ic/s3648/20240206_201007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1F4_via6ZN3E18MNXtWyhVWdcVNMyFfJ87Hvitt-qvF59TV83gvbZbfCAKmuBsisYA32QuunZ4gQsM-_0RxBg-pKYyRhhyphenhyphentQOarkuduxw0Z70G3UWrGdVdJGn7qxJP9BjqGV5KsJ3Om_Oeu5jvPE09Nt_nZ6NMWGKdeYCqW1rfwdka7atW3WPVhEH3Ic/s320/20240206_201007.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">At the beginning of February, Michael had a work conference at Great Wolf Lodge and we got to tag along. They have a dance party at night and I just love to dance. We made the kids stay with us and they all looked miserable while Michael and I were dancing. You would think out of 4 kids that at least one of them would be like me and be outgoing! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOHOo5wBIau22l5rVmDF0BlhIt8a8Gk4Xcb78q_IzHAy_PoF_npCrWwbEhi9C0VrAnLHir5VvspNibihH2FrLEacqjiy2lU66Bj6EuvuD6A7a_8I9SI536O9eRHONIX_48FTNY1kK3ids2I0CpvLPmDRcE0Urw2dxTP2H4oR8hCBH1vj0-Uu7HSGoxzA/s4000/20240215_081007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOHOo5wBIau22l5rVmDF0BlhIt8a8Gk4Xcb78q_IzHAy_PoF_npCrWwbEhi9C0VrAnLHir5VvspNibihH2FrLEacqjiy2lU66Bj6EuvuD6A7a_8I9SI536O9eRHONIX_48FTNY1kK3ids2I0CpvLPmDRcE0Urw2dxTP2H4oR8hCBH1vj0-Uu7HSGoxzA/s320/20240215_081007.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Youth group was on Valentine's Day this year and the boy that Ella likes ended up giving her a Valentine's card and some chocolates. She came home beaming! She could not stop smiling! It's so cute! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">My sweet Ella Bean...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">You have grown into such a beautiful woman both inside and out. You have such a kind and giving heart. You always want to go above and beyond. It's been so fun to see you thrive this year and really come into yourself. You know what you like and when you like something you really like it. Surprisingly, you even actually really like jeans even though you were sure you'd hate them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">You have worked so hard at your school work. You might still struggle at times, but you never let it stop you. You keep learning and getting better and better. Earlier this year you had to do give an oral report on the country of China and you dove into researching it and really had a great time. Next year will be your big state report and knowing how much you liked learning about China I'm sure you're going to have fun diving into the state of Washington's history. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">You told me recently you'd like to start babysitting. We've told a couple people at church, but you haven't gotten any official babysitting jobs yet, but you have watched a couple kids at church for some friends that were in a Bible Study class. You did get to work for a lady at church stuffing envelopes. You made over $140 in 2 days. It was a really good experience for you! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">My darling girl it's been so cute watching you develop a crush. While I love seeing the smile on your face! I also know that one day you'll have your heartbroken and that hurts just thinking about it. I'm not under the impression that you've met your spouse, but God does have someone special in mind for you. I pray that through these likes and crushes that you're bound to have that you'll remember that Jesus should always be the most important guy in your life. We've always said that anyone you kids decide to go out with has to love Jesus more than they love you. It can be super easy to get wrapped up in what a guy thinks of you and your focus can be pulled away from the Lord so I pray that you keep your eyes fixed on Him always! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">I love my Ella Bean! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Happy 14th Birthday! </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-40482356054019899512024-01-15T07:00:00.000-08:002024-01-15T18:06:31.069-08:00Owen Is 17 Years Old!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today Owen is 17 years old! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen was born on MLK Day so this year his birthday is on the exact day it was when he was born in 2007. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can not believe that in one year this guy will be an adult! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let's see what Owen's been up to this last year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99wuuC9-Mctl1cAYTw1gwZPdPemcoeu3XKYJPTAlP-3xZ7M8ZMusVUBBQhQOhNWXeUyDcIeLg03scfsryE1-JknIDeJdq6GFHF_ZFCSWSKrPLU7KH1z0Nz7XlUPOlyq2kUTyDl3AbneLD7tgKZv5XoHB3gU6ieZTRfeGFwia6ewj3qaDK1x8zHLsYP7c/s4032/20230115_082700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99wuuC9-Mctl1cAYTw1gwZPdPemcoeu3XKYJPTAlP-3xZ7M8ZMusVUBBQhQOhNWXeUyDcIeLg03scfsryE1-JknIDeJdq6GFHF_ZFCSWSKrPLU7KH1z0Nz7XlUPOlyq2kUTyDl3AbneLD7tgKZv5XoHB3gU6ieZTRfeGFwia6ewj3qaDK1x8zHLsYP7c/s320/20230115_082700.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For Owen's 16th birthday his siblings set up a scavenger hunt with clues that he had to solve in order to figure out what his gift was. They ended up buying him this computer game called Hades. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdryzhVeP3ueqyFZf_l1AblCKpmhc1m2CUCQ_0MX8ktn7p8WUHG63wO08AEvktObXV5EWt66Qke4c7c1-SsCOXq5Z8v7FzapG9fkdGeT5prQsTQ2Plx7XPWOoZ-xlqExDdSvRWYVpPxzLep-hFUbdpUMZ8JHVZwp6wR4L4Vg6beHqsgheJvWvL9PRmPLI/s4096/IMG_20230207_181020784.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdryzhVeP3ueqyFZf_l1AblCKpmhc1m2CUCQ_0MX8ktn7p8WUHG63wO08AEvktObXV5EWt66Qke4c7c1-SsCOXq5Z8v7FzapG9fkdGeT5prQsTQ2Plx7XPWOoZ-xlqExDdSvRWYVpPxzLep-hFUbdpUMZ8JHVZwp6wR4L4Vg6beHqsgheJvWvL9PRmPLI/s320/IMG_20230207_181020784.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen still loves to play with Jenga blocks. In fact he and Zeke have been doing all sorts of set ups lately, playing together and enjoying it. Ella drew Owen's name for Christmas and she got him 2 new sets of Jenga blocks. I honestly don't think our kids have ever actually played the game Jenga though. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFpcwV8HKb18oi9RBJ3fPuTWy64hfGC_ptpZybOa3vqQgMs8VZkgeXI0_bCN55a6AOoMejfRLXJnOtYRlXejV40kfgHD4mSaV6D3wMGX42LOWb3PwIhJF3Oe46A_pyLA5NDxlqwzD5WfsQbV7h1EVyg4MbHHc7XtoQsR2oMjcJsa_c5ey1XLXJ1p-ruc/s4032/20230209_183057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFpcwV8HKb18oi9RBJ3fPuTWy64hfGC_ptpZybOa3vqQgMs8VZkgeXI0_bCN55a6AOoMejfRLXJnOtYRlXejV40kfgHD4mSaV6D3wMGX42LOWb3PwIhJF3Oe46A_pyLA5NDxlqwzD5WfsQbV7h1EVyg4MbHHc7XtoQsR2oMjcJsa_c5ey1XLXJ1p-ruc/s320/20230209_183057.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In February Owen had his second piano recital. I so enjoy listening to him play. He loves the piano and it really comes naturally to him. He's going to have another recital soon. Josh has been such a great teacher for Owen. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt06eNgmNmJGsHUo9oTUjj0-nOkKTVIIeDyaMUK88GUs5SadW1mawBP351O9hI1n8p_9vadnnVLMyoWULvrLXRC8ZtkCIcEIYmi-axkbUi7d_VdW9mkWCcW-jzhyjGg0N-xtdVF1vGxMvNO6aXsblVbpZtpSzGcTZ5IajHhMYasJynUqacDrQlPaWOTw/s4032/20230209_183317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt06eNgmNmJGsHUo9oTUjj0-nOkKTVIIeDyaMUK88GUs5SadW1mawBP351O9hI1n8p_9vadnnVLMyoWULvrLXRC8ZtkCIcEIYmi-axkbUi7d_VdW9mkWCcW-jzhyjGg0N-xtdVF1vGxMvNO6aXsblVbpZtpSzGcTZ5IajHhMYasJynUqacDrQlPaWOTw/s320/20230209_183317.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So proud of this guy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnMb6Jogw0DeBUdTNiIQeXgtN8XOme_XNmCLDxB1qDjNljkJLV_z8DhANW_18cLzqKg_zvz64Nk8d7R9Shobz_cTq3IgI-XKHFkksxOrfQVtk5QJ1MPbJAR39fK7s91OpsTTpK4CoXzeGB9pG822snvx_Va5cSzOY_MBBTmALgImufAevvRQ7H8-IkjQ/s2048/1000000364.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnMb6Jogw0DeBUdTNiIQeXgtN8XOme_XNmCLDxB1qDjNljkJLV_z8DhANW_18cLzqKg_zvz64Nk8d7R9Shobz_cTq3IgI-XKHFkksxOrfQVtk5QJ1MPbJAR39fK7s91OpsTTpK4CoXzeGB9pG822snvx_Va5cSzOY_MBBTmALgImufAevvRQ7H8-IkjQ/s320/1000000364.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every now and again these kids can be sweet to each other. ;)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen and Jack are probably the ones that have the hardest time getting along. They are polar opposite personalities so it's not surprising. We have rotating daily tasks that each of the kids are responsible for. We rotate them every quarter with school. Awhile back we decided to start having the kids work a task together in order to encourage them to work as a team and get along. Owen and Jack have been tasked with doing the dishes. To say it's been a struggle is an understatement. It's been so bad that at the end of this quarter they aren't rotating. I need to see some drastic improvement in their attitudes towards one another and then they'll get to change jobs. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3oFgS83YUrtBhA2WqsUY62qjSDWEDQ43KuMPtXN8Ec_n6KwpNQaWKRRGEC1OuEhGaSu6rF09mrnDnM-2v7H0f2DmJLykoTjc189aGbLhjBTuQir3FS0DO7q4VS1hqeG_5N4F3BAyqhIJZgzyMZCya23YmGf4dd-RapjcJ9BtiCMJO_LMXgK_9SjLj5Q/s4000/20230302_124454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3oFgS83YUrtBhA2WqsUY62qjSDWEDQ43KuMPtXN8Ec_n6KwpNQaWKRRGEC1OuEhGaSu6rF09mrnDnM-2v7H0f2DmJLykoTjc189aGbLhjBTuQir3FS0DO7q4VS1hqeG_5N4F3BAyqhIJZgzyMZCya23YmGf4dd-RapjcJ9BtiCMJO_LMXgK_9SjLj5Q/s320/20230302_124454.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On February 25th, Owen officially became a licensed driver. This pictures was taken on March 2nd when he was on his way to piano lessons. It was his first time driving all by himself. This milestone really hit me. This was truly his first time doing something alone and on his own. He's never walked to the store by himself. I've never dropped him off at the movies by himself. He's always been with someone. Crazy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLOjLxVsepaOYAdeqtnuFQsa8bjwOMsdn7R-glEBdbFVsLYUW-4JEwBBaG0c3V_TXmls0zWE60cC6zeANaFpRaJnRjm9nysoRQWxtl7bxrq4Io-SrUTBJ2ea01Ht8EBxlFlTB19LzOKSLc02r1fmiL4FTbw2ii6ITyR5dB10QBHzqQ-HaDNrrT6oAzb4/s4000/20230302_124619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLOjLxVsepaOYAdeqtnuFQsa8bjwOMsdn7R-glEBdbFVsLYUW-4JEwBBaG0c3V_TXmls0zWE60cC6zeANaFpRaJnRjm9nysoRQWxtl7bxrq4Io-SrUTBJ2ea01Ht8EBxlFlTB19LzOKSLc02r1fmiL4FTbw2ii6ITyR5dB10QBHzqQ-HaDNrrT6oAzb4/s320/20230302_124619.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There he goes!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen driving has honestly been the best thing. He's so responsible and it's made things so much easier for me. If Zeke isn't finished with school, I can now stay at home while Owen runs Jack to his orthodontist appt's or he can run up to the library and return books and pick up the new ones that are on hold. It's been so convenient! He has had one small incident...he was coming home from youth group and it was around dusk. He took the turn too sharp and ran over the curb with the tire. He saw that their was the low tire pressure light, but decided to drive home. By the time he got home he was driving on a totally flat tire. The tire was toast of course, but we weren't really that mad at him. Just a week or so before that him and I had been to the orthodontist and the low tire pressure light came on and we drove home. We had picked up a nail and so the leak was slow. It did end up getting completely flat after we got home, but we were able to get home just fine. So Owen had that experience to gleam from. He just thought if he could get home it would be fine. We did tell him this was his one free incident and next time it would be on him to pay for it. We paid to get a new tire...thankfully he didn't damage the rim. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MdTheNIjr_fgxugz0eBKIEsxV1xM-Ew5uWNkQlGunP-jvBCDY_qszS5O0BOv3m8wx0oGhuMO5PTJ-8F9sGJfM41HkDKPp4YxWr2ns01Z2N-P_8EK2XQWI93BRMHhOjychnhfO6nKyNAc3SmNuoP3UOKuFBtCo3EIN2SObyqE5-jZ3yWfW5vbBxm4XX4/s4000/20230323_175503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MdTheNIjr_fgxugz0eBKIEsxV1xM-Ew5uWNkQlGunP-jvBCDY_qszS5O0BOv3m8wx0oGhuMO5PTJ-8F9sGJfM41HkDKPp4YxWr2ns01Z2N-P_8EK2XQWI93BRMHhOjychnhfO6nKyNAc3SmNuoP3UOKuFBtCo3EIN2SObyqE5-jZ3yWfW5vbBxm4XX4/s320/20230323_175503.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen loves his Charlie so much. Charlie can do no wrong in Owen's eyes....who am I kidding...in any of our eyes! He is one loved cat! Owen and Charlie do have such a special relationship though. Owen is the only person that Charlie will groom. If Owen leans down to Charlie he will always clean him on his face. It's so sweet! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyx5nhDN00I3LGBoxkAm2MjeyRS38xAVFD77EkihVgYNdh2zcMDa44F7TfiNOw-wMY90o5_EAwkXxpIfqnxG7GkLhAqy3BsNF1Hauv0vo35uLrZY-b7p898-LsMBN9LWFCiQKX2UjmRwBA4hIpeF_8nS0ieSPz0bFidL3N157sdFh8JKN0U9x3BqvNRF4/s4000/20230328_105334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyx5nhDN00I3LGBoxkAm2MjeyRS38xAVFD77EkihVgYNdh2zcMDa44F7TfiNOw-wMY90o5_EAwkXxpIfqnxG7GkLhAqy3BsNF1Hauv0vo35uLrZY-b7p898-LsMBN9LWFCiQKX2UjmRwBA4hIpeF_8nS0ieSPz0bFidL3N157sdFh8JKN0U9x3BqvNRF4/s320/20230328_105334.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On March 28th, after 2 years it was finally time for the braces to go bye-bye. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaArbymGpufidkCi_2lEDx0Z3_LJTkKmPkDgAqbBoSRnSdHX2w_UgS72rkipGkXZuN1LSUhMJLQ8F7YvMVlo3jY8R0M6DfXJDWliwvVPYMplfChYBWQxBf8_qKITQpTcCGqVbFCTCCrUHyq6BaiwfA2pTdJL_-qxZ2itkEOtJ8zkuoy0fjYHgzqNsCr7M/s4000/20230328_113524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaArbymGpufidkCi_2lEDx0Z3_LJTkKmPkDgAqbBoSRnSdHX2w_UgS72rkipGkXZuN1LSUhMJLQ8F7YvMVlo3jY8R0M6DfXJDWliwvVPYMplfChYBWQxBf8_qKITQpTcCGqVbFCTCCrUHyq6BaiwfA2pTdJL_-qxZ2itkEOtJ8zkuoy0fjYHgzqNsCr7M/s320/20230328_113524.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Look at those nice straight teeth! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Q13wQbY1roqIwZsIreu2g9wAGJ3DoN-N-gcYhf0IILxgk0ILSpbV7oaUBwCC-Fx_WOCT0RG2YCqJmGCSI0bv48M-JsZapoBCBIU4PqmvCRrvhoov4TdjGCPVvEaeLZfWg5SiW6EwcDexuNOtFWziHOiVdQYeO1YFH01Rz86kBReKu6DUfqzkWLWlzRE/s4000/20230402_094111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Q13wQbY1roqIwZsIreu2g9wAGJ3DoN-N-gcYhf0IILxgk0ILSpbV7oaUBwCC-Fx_WOCT0RG2YCqJmGCSI0bv48M-JsZapoBCBIU4PqmvCRrvhoov4TdjGCPVvEaeLZfWg5SiW6EwcDexuNOtFWziHOiVdQYeO1YFH01Rz86kBReKu6DUfqzkWLWlzRE/s320/20230402_094111.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also i</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">n March, Owen had an interview at Wild Waves. He was hired as a Ride Operator. His orientation was on April 1st. He really enjoyed going to work and was doing really well. It was fun seeing him be all responsible and doing something on his own. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5MuXQp6Pq8X3WweiP4njUGOUV6bh23p4J08KX_rXijIcO8OItHt5D96_O6mOexynucuH-G9zfZyy-SrTGaurtDl8wD1gZZDcadgMhgPO5lNJuR7T4H0LNoDTjVGn0KoxAzvhAuREuXYjci9OZDzUuJmcXJoihZ00tiOOgzSGZ5xPdBySnm4tBVacueo/s4000/20230513_125534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5MuXQp6Pq8X3WweiP4njUGOUV6bh23p4J08KX_rXijIcO8OItHt5D96_O6mOexynucuH-G9zfZyy-SrTGaurtDl8wD1gZZDcadgMhgPO5lNJuR7T4H0LNoDTjVGn0KoxAzvhAuREuXYjci9OZDzUuJmcXJoihZ00tiOOgzSGZ5xPdBySnm4tBVacueo/s320/20230513_125534.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here he is in his uniform. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SdWvE43880__IsL7trIZyxvxMWqe-0bZoIdgq2SxIqFAvfXBm79MDGBRB1P4yWmCr_2GGU36gt8GVmem1wO2y-0JbHTnOPiR9qtpKS4ytvZx0qpGmR4zJ07EFu3ba-UEJJ3B1gEDQDgdUcui_m1-5mOofucrC-FXMgHqKYnPLO51Xwjb4uIqLZdOZJg/s4000/20230528_153742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SdWvE43880__IsL7trIZyxvxMWqe-0bZoIdgq2SxIqFAvfXBm79MDGBRB1P4yWmCr_2GGU36gt8GVmem1wO2y-0JbHTnOPiR9qtpKS4ytvZx0qpGmR4zJ07EFu3ba-UEJJ3B1gEDQDgdUcui_m1-5mOofucrC-FXMgHqKYnPLO51Xwjb4uIqLZdOZJg/s320/20230528_153742.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All 3 of the boys have been sharing a room for years. In the springtime, I decided it was time for Owen to have his own space. We took everything out of the play/game room and got to work making it his own. We let Owen pick out the color. He chose Magnetic Grey.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodfpKHSau9c5zKtkt0oXmo9xtSe4e0Sj986ouKZlN8NmaWaIHE6aZ5dJ0kMYWcOt2KTkn3ROAUYBzL4t26o3Jn10FQcO4XAA1xHHBVVfBuBFUMm2mAl42QOZggdja7aH7xjM7gUGxUve_BTd7-uxjOGtAaMGZG3jr-zs0Nu6ieU6IbnjqOwNBtso6LlM/s4000/20230603_092231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodfpKHSau9c5zKtkt0oXmo9xtSe4e0Sj986ouKZlN8NmaWaIHE6aZ5dJ0kMYWcOt2KTkn3ROAUYBzL4t26o3Jn10FQcO4XAA1xHHBVVfBuBFUMm2mAl42QOZggdja7aH7xjM7gUGxUve_BTd7-uxjOGtAaMGZG3jr-zs0Nu6ieU6IbnjqOwNBtso6LlM/s320/20230603_092231.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On June 3rd, Owen went to work and while he was at work we got his new room all set up. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbPQFGlyu7DeGTrGQRPvg7XhTxbPxKI1Z32emdy2s8ViaeGMgGQjAUWiy4H5QFRn7j-CEZw3BjNdVm4ktZ1ynzfdizJ_kiStA7gGut2VjHbQ4xIERnNtabznCJlLZAICZ7WUiVxIrMUWDGGmIA1Qond6DIfqMZMbHTPLaIpVWJ-nVbFcSiQtkywj6_sA/s4000/20230603_152554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbPQFGlyu7DeGTrGQRPvg7XhTxbPxKI1Z32emdy2s8ViaeGMgGQjAUWiy4H5QFRn7j-CEZw3BjNdVm4ktZ1ynzfdizJ_kiStA7gGut2VjHbQ4xIERnNtabznCJlLZAICZ7WUiVxIrMUWDGGmIA1Qond6DIfqMZMbHTPLaIpVWJ-nVbFcSiQtkywj6_sA/s320/20230603_152554.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When he got home from work we got to show him his finished new room. He was so happy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7kXM7nYiLNiJK9BW6q0p5uYh2ValBSZDcSSP_B2OCrkaFifxRzFhm2ePjjGmk-dnbDbnUT4wj-0ZW9drtVZpxBtMS-yvIfdfCtLzCiPerh4ux2Dj-GM9YM8wKuHASK9-BIRo8sMeHAcnCTLrBXPPD9GhVxI1jpfMRVjzcJUot5ENZewVqrcKHkL3St4/s4000/20230603_152806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7kXM7nYiLNiJK9BW6q0p5uYh2ValBSZDcSSP_B2OCrkaFifxRzFhm2ePjjGmk-dnbDbnUT4wj-0ZW9drtVZpxBtMS-yvIfdfCtLzCiPerh4ux2Dj-GM9YM8wKuHASK9-BIRo8sMeHAcnCTLrBXPPD9GhVxI1jpfMRVjzcJUot5ENZewVqrcKHkL3St4/s320/20230603_152806.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">His own reading nook under his bed! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2yDAGVHEtnxIvskDeLMMK4wlXjBqKXtFZE-7A8RiqvXKy09nVlapQxzVri8X2XZjtkgLVnz7y92LGSlmXeRSlBQrpLAO9wZBN9sa4cCD4kZdxsD4b8jERjMl_VMW8ZDtrGLjbWiURoVQX4vVjOf_po_q8RRcHQpc2Ir1vERWgcEEpbQ4L6UqD0gn984/s4000/20230603_152914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2yDAGVHEtnxIvskDeLMMK4wlXjBqKXtFZE-7A8RiqvXKy09nVlapQxzVri8X2XZjtkgLVnz7y92LGSlmXeRSlBQrpLAO9wZBN9sa4cCD4kZdxsD4b8jERjMl_VMW8ZDtrGLjbWiURoVQX4vVjOf_po_q8RRcHQpc2Ir1vERWgcEEpbQ4L6UqD0gn984/s320/20230603_152914.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">His awesome Nerf Gun wall! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFu-4iTSjNAMoSAbG2soDI7gKWIHNvy2UnUEIyaBj_EzMFXzMbANIEu-MdkQNVtJWptCAmYm6p9iwXL8XzarCe3MP-iUxErVtNoJ0grGifTqE9bFaNcNut01TZiJppQJUaDvPIgwsqTGVpurUHKuRsCbqAsOqZs4qHFen7KrO_73TdavPpU75Ceaqyg0/s2560/Resized_20230610_074112.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFu-4iTSjNAMoSAbG2soDI7gKWIHNvy2UnUEIyaBj_EzMFXzMbANIEu-MdkQNVtJWptCAmYm6p9iwXL8XzarCe3MP-iUxErVtNoJ0grGifTqE9bFaNcNut01TZiJppQJUaDvPIgwsqTGVpurUHKuRsCbqAsOqZs4qHFen7KrO_73TdavPpU75Ceaqyg0/s320/Resized_20230610_074112.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen is not really good at experiencing new things. He likes to keep to the things he knows and feels comfortable with. Last summer Michael decided to take the boys on our church rafting trip. They all ended up having a great time and can't wait to go again</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuyZDNxfrfez1hS-4x3lD1bsZg6jY0vyeSFucFtUNz_OUuWZ0eMefxGXTgowPOfZu4PycXSFeA8aY7bxyzjUslrw61MKzICSmh3PEe7n536TsGq0IVldd8lxNPj4Hn_BR4rHLwH7PsE3VjK1oCfrCFZ6AgSIbrv17gb70q92ZPjSvEBNcdYck4jMtfNU/s4000/20230616_080842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuyZDNxfrfez1hS-4x3lD1bsZg6jY0vyeSFucFtUNz_OUuWZ0eMefxGXTgowPOfZu4PycXSFeA8aY7bxyzjUslrw61MKzICSmh3PEe7n536TsGq0IVldd8lxNPj4Hn_BR4rHLwH7PsE3VjK1oCfrCFZ6AgSIbrv17gb70q92ZPjSvEBNcdYck4jMtfNU/s320/20230616_080842.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On June 16th, Owen finished up with his sophomore year of high school! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen ended up working at Wild Waves for about a 2 1/2 months and then it just didn't work out. It was a very monotonous job and it ended up not being what he thought it was going to be. I was really disappointed in how the whole thing went down on Wild Waves' end. It could have been handled so differently by them, but oh well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggW2vrog0rGB9Nx1dgDLmgMRSXRDV5RkuUrkK3OTzzg8XPGj0EtttWmRAFHNQFaCsI6TrNOBT_t2W3d5_W_eM3JCwEB05PfuNpyopq16mAr8k8x57xqefkaN1LCCq0Gv-kWDD4TZyIza-1grbCJTtPhMfDOl-t32S4ZBYdcmEtz3i1u80a7G1biuRf7gc/s3648/20230617_184318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggW2vrog0rGB9Nx1dgDLmgMRSXRDV5RkuUrkK3OTzzg8XPGj0EtttWmRAFHNQFaCsI6TrNOBT_t2W3d5_W_eM3JCwEB05PfuNpyopq16mAr8k8x57xqefkaN1LCCq0Gv-kWDD4TZyIza-1grbCJTtPhMfDOl-t32S4ZBYdcmEtz3i1u80a7G1biuRf7gc/s320/20230617_184318.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the nice things about Wild Waves not working out meant that Owen was able to come with us on all our camping trips. Chocolate Malt Milkshakes are something that Owen and I both love! We always get one at DK's Drive-In in Ephrata! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNICVzmoP9qTkuV-azE9E5abHAo9wQbRxcieMryilTpT9hhsq1CfnZzia9CMun7tK6s3VvvU9DlfdjXuNs0xmNVuRiTuXQN-_d7qYlzEsXBJ1ZQMwDBWHui3rxkM87g-zxzWGK_hg5Aix435VqNlkTrg_kB79FoQ07BMYAV68nNWuAL_Psx7mdryDtzXE/s4000/20230620_133717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNICVzmoP9qTkuV-azE9E5abHAo9wQbRxcieMryilTpT9hhsq1CfnZzia9CMun7tK6s3VvvU9DlfdjXuNs0xmNVuRiTuXQN-_d7qYlzEsXBJ1ZQMwDBWHui3rxkM87g-zxzWGK_hg5Aix435VqNlkTrg_kB79FoQ07BMYAV68nNWuAL_Psx7mdryDtzXE/s320/20230620_133717.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He did enjoy getting to use his debit card to buy himself some more ice cream treats at the campground store. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgCmUxMyoHrKbbD9mLPmLfERcBvuZ0coJssUpoMOfpVDgnsUdVpUkPNA-zO69GuYkCvWnxHDcmjjax-7CEOAA5g18tIdRH9cGsAi0hvbxKBdo1WI0TVxp7TSsd8GEX6DwbUqLNxfPyL5Rr5cWXBKREcHVsV-X9jWNrYicTJI0h4ybpya-3qZTGl2Qi6E/s4000/20230629_081752.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgCmUxMyoHrKbbD9mLPmLfERcBvuZ0coJssUpoMOfpVDgnsUdVpUkPNA-zO69GuYkCvWnxHDcmjjax-7CEOAA5g18tIdRH9cGsAi0hvbxKBdo1WI0TVxp7TSsd8GEX6DwbUqLNxfPyL5Rr5cWXBKREcHVsV-X9jWNrYicTJI0h4ybpya-3qZTGl2Qi6E/s320/20230629_081752.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Christmas of 2022, Ga-Ga got each of the boys these miniature games. Owen's was Monopoly. He asked me to play so we did and it was hilarious! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqYzxMQivppc8opR3VtlTWf_i9lkmana4B8KCtG3ARqg52ziW8TLAKRtPbQaUsxoaZUrZPkUG4CkXxcBb0fipKjnin6jTqtIW_d61usSBmv1Ailz2BIwYHFUsL4_Ef8SMl8qUWHxHY5GZXLfVlxGyxja5o1kwgyUlsIct9wCr1vairjfIDukCJEVvZn0/s4608/IMG_20230704_133008034_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqYzxMQivppc8opR3VtlTWf_i9lkmana4B8KCtG3ARqg52ziW8TLAKRtPbQaUsxoaZUrZPkUG4CkXxcBb0fipKjnin6jTqtIW_d61usSBmv1Ailz2BIwYHFUsL4_Ef8SMl8qUWHxHY5GZXLfVlxGyxja5o1kwgyUlsIct9wCr1vairjfIDukCJEVvZn0/s320/IMG_20230704_133008034_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen absolutely loves to play games with friends. He and Caleb have a mutual love of this game called Twilight Imperium. Sadly no one else in our family likes it so he doesn't get to play it that much. For his birthday I asked Miss Christina if Caleb would be able to hang out and play with him. So two days ago Owen drove down to Caleb's house and spent hours getting to hang out and play. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCKMmdM4h3cmUNPGOukn2Wmmhn1l6wCk7GwmTs_oyqb2aJ8j4r9agvf8YWnbmESwOg_DPPPJxc7KXCT92fGHyGNJx2VGw_sPAqOa_KKtbSH43iDCNYGvVRhrkXVQtlbXmz-zmPKuKf0-4R4p2v2uo-yf9ceCpk0oULPHYak-Pj2QN2CGTz4tKdH0cIv4/s4000/20230712_212024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCKMmdM4h3cmUNPGOukn2Wmmhn1l6wCk7GwmTs_oyqb2aJ8j4r9agvf8YWnbmESwOg_DPPPJxc7KXCT92fGHyGNJx2VGw_sPAqOa_KKtbSH43iDCNYGvVRhrkXVQtlbXmz-zmPKuKf0-4R4p2v2uo-yf9ceCpk0oULPHYak-Pj2QN2CGTz4tKdH0cIv4/s320/20230712_212024.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are truly blessed! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICJELx6v-Q5bEjy8W3f4oNOAPSaGF0UXThbcve1tVGL1vSKrjG4Nbpem11Mx-pu3_sOHI947fomVpeuLFr8gUHdK63CyUR0rON3lT2yn-83mfocAhxdnhgpMCDJ4UvZUIUTZJQlTbST2YAv5yuOrHUgk-WJlRz5GaNlEQxZvofn12w0BrlsNtXlS_2bs/s4000/20230721_131356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICJELx6v-Q5bEjy8W3f4oNOAPSaGF0UXThbcve1tVGL1vSKrjG4Nbpem11Mx-pu3_sOHI947fomVpeuLFr8gUHdK63CyUR0rON3lT2yn-83mfocAhxdnhgpMCDJ4UvZUIUTZJQlTbST2YAv5yuOrHUgk-WJlRz5GaNlEQxZvofn12w0BrlsNtXlS_2bs/s320/20230721_131356.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Look at how tall this guy is! I don't know his exact height, but I know he's not as tall as Michael and he's 6'1". He got to be at least 5'10" though. Owen was so sweet this year when it came to giving people cards for their birthday or Christmas. The cards he wrote to Pa & Ga-Ga were so precious! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgselTAlJwBfYCVRsL7wsfR09pE1Q1M2LhdJZOxcMyE34Z7nGDKRcYDTcbQnGtXJZShDUaYNbQR0eoPkYT8-o_acCJMSTUwj3LaGT-6Wzs1Ke6zWRVre7p9cDHqfkeUTSdpn5MzHT-F2G2HzX8sl_hKjOUch6IoWyhFjmE6XyJbA-EXnCkXKSz0RL-rXdE/s4000/20230723_120228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgselTAlJwBfYCVRsL7wsfR09pE1Q1M2LhdJZOxcMyE34Z7nGDKRcYDTcbQnGtXJZShDUaYNbQR0eoPkYT8-o_acCJMSTUwj3LaGT-6Wzs1Ke6zWRVre7p9cDHqfkeUTSdpn5MzHT-F2G2HzX8sl_hKjOUch6IoWyhFjmE6XyJbA-EXnCkXKSz0RL-rXdE/s320/20230723_120228.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Camping at Taidnapam....Owen loves the outdoors to a point and then he needs to be inside with a good book. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even though it didn't work out with Wild Waves God had something better in store for Owen. In mid-July he had the opportunity to do some yardwork for a friend of mine from MOPS. He made some good money so I asked him if he'd be interested in doing more yardwork and he said yes. I ended up advertising with our local FB group and he got such a great response. The best part was he was able to decide when he wanted to work so he didn't have to miss out on any of the fun stuff we had planned. It was such a blessing and helped boost his confidence. He really enjoyed getting to do different jobs and meeting new people. His business has pretty much dried up now that it's winter, but he does have one client that he works for every Wednesday from 1-3pm. She has him help her with all sorts of odd jobs. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-K1QXKYm7BlwOqOydy_INuBH0g9-h0nvsqx7cv3vBGtPcKt4bNu76e5w_QaS1BKuHW_-SerdlLw5mLN-_t75iEIXFUVrTsQ2H5xrbeY5hB_7xyPRTwKICXo7pQ5YkCHOzfxTQZ6Py9FETELMz0cpPd5uqvDAvAJeid8vh9Av7HC4Q4I7L5nhRk3i6bE/s4000/20230814_100922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-K1QXKYm7BlwOqOydy_INuBH0g9-h0nvsqx7cv3vBGtPcKt4bNu76e5w_QaS1BKuHW_-SerdlLw5mLN-_t75iEIXFUVrTsQ2H5xrbeY5hB_7xyPRTwKICXo7pQ5YkCHOzfxTQZ6Py9FETELMz0cpPd5uqvDAvAJeid8vh9Av7HC4Q4I7L5nhRk3i6bE/s320/20230814_100922.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Look at all that work he completed during his sophomore year! He is still technically trying to catch up some, but he's worked so hard. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HBQLmc9OvIgVbqNi4DrI9IdE1otXI6yZYTEmsHmZinK-X-jNhN0Bnv9va_bLeAta8hSdmb7Lhjl33Z6qFQ4tn0DcSIStIUjCd3wizsuENDvJHMIiZmyfCavXvcNhgW8-JfmmqvetMF8iiABy7XS4yiRx4h93QSh92XZVRUDQOgHrtnpXDJHYb7cFi-k/s4000/20230906_073304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HBQLmc9OvIgVbqNi4DrI9IdE1otXI6yZYTEmsHmZinK-X-jNhN0Bnv9va_bLeAta8hSdmb7Lhjl33Z6qFQ4tn0DcSIStIUjCd3wizsuENDvJHMIiZmyfCavXvcNhgW8-JfmmqvetMF8iiABy7XS4yiRx4h93QSh92XZVRUDQOgHrtnpXDJHYb7cFi-k/s320/20230906_073304.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First day of his Junior year. How can that be?!? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1F82vwShFQmMwh9JAjYZTTwHixslwyG7bCm_dth2AMbQ2lf_tTAeFbbR9Ph5NqVFnaXkPTZjamBcWf7EXpU6z9iYICD0QN_bXZHWnT9F6iQO6lxggtawMofFfRbHZWMJXQK6NXgJKEzHj5KrTkTNSVUWUYh-1SxAciVlEHtOL3s_BcCb3xSZd216LXI/s4000/20230906_074158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1F82vwShFQmMwh9JAjYZTTwHixslwyG7bCm_dth2AMbQ2lf_tTAeFbbR9Ph5NqVFnaXkPTZjamBcWf7EXpU6z9iYICD0QN_bXZHWnT9F6iQO6lxggtawMofFfRbHZWMJXQK6NXgJKEzHj5KrTkTNSVUWUYh-1SxAciVlEHtOL3s_BcCb3xSZd216LXI/s320/20230906_074158.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Always loving on his cat! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj631s7_tXrycSk-XLokBrREKyHGpY5UPVwCJeoSahIYIKXO6sdpVpJ7U5wGjL1jFwNvA1RbM0t86tiAqU6Sr1DkOyYTxAxFJ6SSfkgBvg57FjzZEiLAePGCnFWCJ8GMJBju8fH0AHBSq2VaP55ZW9m-QrlqunMNVD7BedAe6Efn9Pl0qHyJnf9Le9naHA/s4000/20230909_203951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj631s7_tXrycSk-XLokBrREKyHGpY5UPVwCJeoSahIYIKXO6sdpVpJ7U5wGjL1jFwNvA1RbM0t86tiAqU6Sr1DkOyYTxAxFJ6SSfkgBvg57FjzZEiLAePGCnFWCJ8GMJBju8fH0AHBSq2VaP55ZW9m-QrlqunMNVD7BedAe6Efn9Pl0qHyJnf9Le9naHA/s320/20230909_203951.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This guy made me a mama and I think he's super cool! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAWtxWqlf94EwLx6_JqkxDvjrkjcThyphenhyphenKFgDwXCHW1nWZ_6aU0CCcJUxJpGofu0HC91qP4LDMcdK5GX9_VL86Dy4vBMPWh93i6rclKz-qOW54d7Hpndx7IUK_kObvW0ZP2v23eYbJF_OFMinsIuaoc3nDTpJ3AgYP-fdvCylr6DZBuR2OYANPhJ0qPl-Q/s4000/20231012_120553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAWtxWqlf94EwLx6_JqkxDvjrkjcThyphenhyphenKFgDwXCHW1nWZ_6aU0CCcJUxJpGofu0HC91qP4LDMcdK5GX9_VL86Dy4vBMPWh93i6rclKz-qOW54d7Hpndx7IUK_kObvW0ZP2v23eYbJF_OFMinsIuaoc3nDTpJ3AgYP-fdvCylr6DZBuR2OYANPhJ0qPl-Q/s320/20231012_120553.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We've always told the kids that we will be in their finances as long as they live at home. The kids give 10% to God, save 50% and then live off the 40%. Owen also has to pay $40 twice a month to cover half his insurance so he's actually living on less than that. Of course we still want him to be able to to spend the money that he makes on things he wants to buy. He ended up finding these cool off brand Legos where the sets are things popping out of a book. The one he's building here is an open book with the Eye of Sauron coming out of it. They are really cool! The Eye even lights up. For Christmas Ga-Ga got him another set that was the Black Pearl coming out of a book. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U4nZs5Vv-Jj_4dfLSTKqWokT68sr3eZhZh-E2xlaUi1suvFkICtu-NWngoqAmwU0ilp_DYUIJnbFhrhpuNEk2t0WDUZTiX56B16P4ugdM4MTQ-ZC7u9dKkZbhVEC99WKE_46-Q7PzRWy8wOBUb2qLIJYT2icGpc5N2-Ih4FwYhBUDaUtwwktowcicH0/s4000/20231023_133126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U4nZs5Vv-Jj_4dfLSTKqWokT68sr3eZhZh-E2xlaUi1suvFkICtu-NWngoqAmwU0ilp_DYUIJnbFhrhpuNEk2t0WDUZTiX56B16P4ugdM4MTQ-ZC7u9dKkZbhVEC99WKE_46-Q7PzRWy8wOBUb2qLIJYT2icGpc5N2-Ih4FwYhBUDaUtwwktowcicH0/s320/20231023_133126.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thankfully he still humors me and let's me take these silly pictures with him. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpfRmLiSD7Y6PIzrYU24MvGrL7s63cKqM4m3a6uIcnJ1fzKJ0wITWFcPk4VhGxdzNC745TiO0bXVnCOl0dAnFe0Pu0QtjQNjZgvLUQeKzKjFp-sXGXOXkz9F50V6ow2T7TQy3yGzzb1YkeEJwGVy4E2xd6YVQNsknleQriTR7cZgzIS0nKpwwMditUEE/s4000/20231023_134001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpfRmLiSD7Y6PIzrYU24MvGrL7s63cKqM4m3a6uIcnJ1fzKJ0wITWFcPk4VhGxdzNC745TiO0bXVnCOl0dAnFe0Pu0QtjQNjZgvLUQeKzKjFp-sXGXOXkz9F50V6ow2T7TQy3yGzzb1YkeEJwGVy4E2xd6YVQNsknleQriTR7cZgzIS0nKpwwMditUEE/s320/20231023_134001.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Being such a gentlemen! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1mkw3CyF8z3-oQPQfghH_TLoUwoI8JgY9gxCFLtABqh9vW-604YxOEqH83YvZ4M3rmX3pVsLHrCnX1cMKrKcsfCbQOlxxlfDJ-s0Wshq8Xpqe5p8UkvOcWKQD0iuow9ePW1XW0xBeKCK0OH7pDej0gMffYNW4cPTlBns0XMofFd2lmvF7G6EOg1ytW4/s4000/20231029_154019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1mkw3CyF8z3-oQPQfghH_TLoUwoI8JgY9gxCFLtABqh9vW-604YxOEqH83YvZ4M3rmX3pVsLHrCnX1cMKrKcsfCbQOlxxlfDJ-s0Wshq8Xpqe5p8UkvOcWKQD0iuow9ePW1XW0xBeKCK0OH7pDej0gMffYNW4cPTlBns0XMofFd2lmvF7G6EOg1ytW4/s320/20231029_154019.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen and Ella volunteered together at our church's Fall Festival. They ran the Axe Throwing Game. Owen also volunteers at church at least once a month to run the projections for service. He was a huge help this year for the Kids Christmas play. They would have rehearsals every Sunday after church and he would stay and run the projections when needed. It was also nice since Zeke was in the play we didn't have to go back to church later to pick him up. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42hWLPIXKnZwpHMiBSWXejllFFZ612z9Gzuo7sAljimGBd508GkWyykUDWuNhri9aNunFb_t4NeZap04amCCWGrxd-9O_gvVLo1BwQX41TntxCX9dHIpVq7smR5rGWjJjalAICQFFzTc-b1iDytrD_h4Rmm0A25ERbGC7EIxaVkBdaB6qIAfxLUcgzB4/s4000/20231030_193045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42hWLPIXKnZwpHMiBSWXejllFFZ612z9Gzuo7sAljimGBd508GkWyykUDWuNhri9aNunFb_t4NeZap04amCCWGrxd-9O_gvVLo1BwQX41TntxCX9dHIpVq7smR5rGWjJjalAICQFFzTc-b1iDytrD_h4Rmm0A25ERbGC7EIxaVkBdaB6qIAfxLUcgzB4/s320/20231030_193045.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ga-Ga bought us this pumpkin carving kit a year ago and it came with this book with all sorts of designs. Owen decided to do use one of the designs this year and it turned out so nice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKS_Q7kD25GEnf_AxTIBmrHrg2P9IlAX4IwPBtDUUwnDzU7WjDlAhHGuLoRzWDZasM0pvbrHmhcyCojP_7K3UKF7M_PGDZL34KLWW4c4ujVAdFpORHDxTANW6iOXO1BaHjEjMsL5tfqOPvLgR7NxjJ_55_-E3uslnQISCNDPsUMQqIG8qZ4l5UVa52EaM/s4000/20231031_184120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKS_Q7kD25GEnf_AxTIBmrHrg2P9IlAX4IwPBtDUUwnDzU7WjDlAhHGuLoRzWDZasM0pvbrHmhcyCojP_7K3UKF7M_PGDZL34KLWW4c4ujVAdFpORHDxTANW6iOXO1BaHjEjMsL5tfqOPvLgR7NxjJ_55_-E3uslnQISCNDPsUMQqIG8qZ4l5UVa52EaM/s320/20231031_184120.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last year Owen bought himself a cloak to go with his Grim Reaper costume. This year he had to buy a new set of skeleton jammies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMxKq5FUIUYiTWSxUfKh2zrmDkzzUhNhNQxqY2WsFfRv82kIR6ABaKWQg361ajMxrfi2mMA9sRVBeOs-hWcqC-69-NuuDjoS6E4x6mpW6csfWwTjCN2A2InwLxzYJTcGWxJko5SLZRggcn8zFJLt90JAfr4WLZpymk5Jb9hvCBIgFj6u7Hk78yDo0qRg/s4000/20231108_183305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMxKq5FUIUYiTWSxUfKh2zrmDkzzUhNhNQxqY2WsFfRv82kIR6ABaKWQg361ajMxrfi2mMA9sRVBeOs-hWcqC-69-NuuDjoS6E4x6mpW6csfWwTjCN2A2InwLxzYJTcGWxJko5SLZRggcn8zFJLt90JAfr4WLZpymk5Jb9hvCBIgFj6u7Hk78yDo0qRg/s320/20231108_183305.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One night the kids were ready to go to youth group and they looked so cute I thought it would be fun to do a stair step picture. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xX7tylqEwVk0UjFbwb9vENfRRSA5HdHGslSV-kR60XqpleNVZXY3fV_yZ8lDNo8qRkuv_s7pqjzorrhK9AOJBoS6txrN7antrLBcFbvJ0fSbMBLO4sllyyDn6RK0iGKQGZAeNQq3UwWbPvJ76zZvVADbBJk8l7sP11GRr-xzHUZ166F42kTC5HNLKA4/s4000/20231122_114739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xX7tylqEwVk0UjFbwb9vENfRRSA5HdHGslSV-kR60XqpleNVZXY3fV_yZ8lDNo8qRkuv_s7pqjzorrhK9AOJBoS6txrN7antrLBcFbvJ0fSbMBLO4sllyyDn6RK0iGKQGZAeNQq3UwWbPvJ76zZvVADbBJk8l7sP11GRr-xzHUZ166F42kTC5HNLKA4/s320/20231122_114739.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Christmas of 2022, Owen got this orange blanket from a White Elephant gift exchange. He has lived in this blanket for the last year. He has it wrapped around his shoulders like this most every day. Owen prefers to wear certain things. He loves his hoody and long sleeve shirts. This summer he very rarely wore shorts or even short sleeve shirts. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zF-CLB1DXwtO_FEkJDPXJueXDQjRqK-k0R_Ut4xsp2HXY8v_NgLiboSXYZc4fuU1ULgNm-rRry59IRdqMhi1khNuGEJ9oDbzCxsX2kwlFK1xaaH9nS3EXHE6V9jOqLgTWn_8-FG3gdMfu4cuQ2Js2qvP5_qvehP8EInARMxt6w_lyBpbqR6-1Eho158/s4608/IMG_20231125_140223038_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zF-CLB1DXwtO_FEkJDPXJueXDQjRqK-k0R_Ut4xsp2HXY8v_NgLiboSXYZc4fuU1ULgNm-rRry59IRdqMhi1khNuGEJ9oDbzCxsX2kwlFK1xaaH9nS3EXHE6V9jOqLgTWn_8-FG3gdMfu4cuQ2Js2qvP5_qvehP8EInARMxt6w_lyBpbqR6-1Eho158/s320/IMG_20231125_140223038_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since Owen now has his own room it has made the living situation upstairs so much more enjoyable for everyone. Jack and Zeke do great sharing a room. They both tend to be a bit messier so they just have to keep their mess under control and Owen doesn't have to deal with a mess that's not his. He isn't super clean either, but it's mostly just stacks of Jenga blocks in a pile on the floor or books. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3M8gzwNi7Y7lN2re9yZOFQZ_LFDrNT5tCxN5QUH5eQHwoejjYLMUhf0gtWqLJl0u8tDRcwDKoRj_AyjVeK4hk6EzBjcGJ3Ogh9suOkWPCPD-VK12-yVCI9yWO0FrfSoGekSOq-kTMFR7-ojb-A8bj8I1_We9ZhTEG50JShgJuJjD3Q4MXjlyadqCqsiE/s4000/20231126_120020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3M8gzwNi7Y7lN2re9yZOFQZ_LFDrNT5tCxN5QUH5eQHwoejjYLMUhf0gtWqLJl0u8tDRcwDKoRj_AyjVeK4hk6EzBjcGJ3Ogh9suOkWPCPD-VK12-yVCI9yWO0FrfSoGekSOq-kTMFR7-ojb-A8bj8I1_We9ZhTEG50JShgJuJjD3Q4MXjlyadqCqsiE/s320/20231126_120020.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Such a handsome dude! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEFDx0UAr8fc75EWqw0AeT9BHtica2n-f2n4w5unY6avgCLCuJh0szTXuXlmSmPeJD0AA9H8tf9_7jqEagqPgsethbv1BKaGYb13SzSV6PeHkfmFUUhEbkVtenuOqds2lmb2Y6yaampAVFloE0qYQKYDvK8-koSIgRAmPG2Bm-X8qyZiL0xOuH_BpFDo/s4000/20231201_171453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEFDx0UAr8fc75EWqw0AeT9BHtica2n-f2n4w5unY6avgCLCuJh0szTXuXlmSmPeJD0AA9H8tf9_7jqEagqPgsethbv1BKaGYb13SzSV6PeHkfmFUUhEbkVtenuOqds2lmb2Y6yaampAVFloE0qYQKYDvK8-koSIgRAmPG2Bm-X8qyZiL0xOuH_BpFDo/s320/20231201_171453.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen and Jack volunteered for the Women's Christmas Dinner for the second year. I love seeing them a dressed up. They don't like it, but they sure look nice! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySOpex8k1FVbCwaybD6x2P11L9q5pwcTkPLqNrWbTMs6bOrEl4aJiKyQ7TDd5DehouVH1Lt3eO3n_cxkBdAFz6jK5rrEUEArz-nsJggKcxD2c8bTUH-mnME-S1S3wzunGRn-yzeVrhQxBkDxwBqZ0Ccmy83dNjxy2_yWm-4-vwFxGNjeMd6YMVmL3vZo/s4000/20231224_114221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySOpex8k1FVbCwaybD6x2P11L9q5pwcTkPLqNrWbTMs6bOrEl4aJiKyQ7TDd5DehouVH1Lt3eO3n_cxkBdAFz6jK5rrEUEArz-nsJggKcxD2c8bTUH-mnME-S1S3wzunGRn-yzeVrhQxBkDxwBqZ0Ccmy83dNjxy2_yWm-4-vwFxGNjeMd6YMVmL3vZo/s320/20231224_114221.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My favorite picture every year! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi558H3bNZ-NDqpO6uxG9Y2B5xCQfAcasPmFBbT5dpcFhyphenhyphenSxMKvc0tu6sjiaOApz83J-XPQqg4kc0VMdE9uhvZtuXPWbR1v8uFtJZvhSS693bjyncoChAN4WbaIZkw-hUEmdtb0iMLS2TgHw2I0ZJfF_PwI3NGR12t90PQch6tQfGYuVVhi2ReiahuePhQ/s4000/20231225_070501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi558H3bNZ-NDqpO6uxG9Y2B5xCQfAcasPmFBbT5dpcFhyphenhyphenSxMKvc0tu6sjiaOApz83J-XPQqg4kc0VMdE9uhvZtuXPWbR1v8uFtJZvhSS693bjyncoChAN4WbaIZkw-hUEmdtb0iMLS2TgHw2I0ZJfF_PwI3NGR12t90PQch6tQfGYuVVhi2ReiahuePhQ/s320/20231225_070501.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">See...wrapped in the blanket! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen drew Jack's name this year for Christmas and he spent a good deal of money buying him a really nice Lego set for Christmas. Making all that money came in handy that's for sure. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcgQo5O9jfwlHeHHx9VClejtexEPGY0MCt9JmV6bSghZ1k5CMhcFksR1PzdsMlVgXV8Ha2kl-arRufuD_aFLiP36we74z2rRkDHUrzR3HlndQCr0YfEMj2hgGa-QyMTfi65t8A20QM43ksUBdxg6KFq6xlxZnkOl4pDA1sWzQp_qIYDerp5FW1E5LlB0/s4000/20231225_152128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcgQo5O9jfwlHeHHx9VClejtexEPGY0MCt9JmV6bSghZ1k5CMhcFksR1PzdsMlVgXV8Ha2kl-arRufuD_aFLiP36we74z2rRkDHUrzR3HlndQCr0YfEMj2hgGa-QyMTfi65t8A20QM43ksUBdxg6KFq6xlxZnkOl4pDA1sWzQp_qIYDerp5FW1E5LlB0/s320/20231225_152128.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen loves to play on Ga-Ga's kindle since hers has different games than his does. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen's Christmas shirt he has on says. "I'm here for the cookies!" I got this for him because he told me that during summer camp he loved getting to eat as many cookies as he wanted each day. I think they ended up putting a cap on the amount of cookies you could have each meal, but it was still 7 cookies and Owen would make sure he'd get all 7! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4X3aD9D1txt31_DpfYeRs7wx_9TUWVvp9iouGuIMQrIatJqxyw_XfPpt1D_BewVagGl_e1RegavEHndK1wUio2ZI_PMKRDtSYSA9EGMo7u96TMqhLZv_zOk-f56F_fUjKpYKaYvSFV4i3YhTF2oRWs8kyPTwe_yzbREjsmyEAryAVBFvtfW6PiMGx3E/s4000/20231231_222705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4X3aD9D1txt31_DpfYeRs7wx_9TUWVvp9iouGuIMQrIatJqxyw_XfPpt1D_BewVagGl_e1RegavEHndK1wUio2ZI_PMKRDtSYSA9EGMo7u96TMqhLZv_zOk-f56F_fUjKpYKaYvSFV4i3YhTF2oRWs8kyPTwe_yzbREjsmyEAryAVBFvtfW6PiMGx3E/s320/20231231_222705.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ringing in the New Year with non-alcoholic sparkling wine. The kids did not end up liking it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My sweet Owen I can not believe that you are only 1 year away from being a full-fledged adult! This is your last year as a kid. Crazy!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This has been such a great year of growth for you. You got your driver's license and have had the freedom to go where you need to when you need to. Not that you've gone a lot of places for pleasure. You still pretty much only drive when you have to. I'm so proud of you for driving down to spend the day with Caleb. There are so many more adventures that await you. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You stepped out and got yourself a job....it didn't turn out like you had hoped it would, but that's not a bad thing. Situations and circumstances happen in our life and they shape us, mold us and help us grow and develop into who we are. Because of that situation you were open to the doing yardwork and it turned out to be a great opportunity for you. I know that God has something amazing in store for you work wise we just have to keep moving forward and praying that He reveals His will for you. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen you are so incredibly smart....you have been working so hard at school. You still have a bit of work to do, but I know you'll accomplish it. This year I think has been the easiest for you and me working together. I've actually had fun getting to learn Geometry with you....I seriously can't remember if I ever learned it in high school. I have also enjoyed saving and watching funny cat videos with you on Instagram. We could watch cat videos for hours. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Your other hobbies are....playing on the computer or the switch, reading books for hours or watching movies. You are definitely an electronic junkie! You do love the outdoors and I'm so glad that we purchased the tent trailer since that does get us outdoors where we make memories. The paddleboard was the best outdoor purchase for you. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know the next couple of years are going to be filled with even more growth for you. Since you are the firstborn, Dada and I don't really have anything to go off of so you are the trailblazer. I know it will be nerve wracking, frustrating and exciting watching you grow into an adult. To spread your wings and start making decisions for yourself. We pray that you will always remember to put God's will first in your life. To cry out to Him when you need guidance. Owen we love you more than words can say, but God loves you immensely more than we do. I pray you'll never ever forget that! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Love you bubba! Happy Birthday!</span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-41859906698955621212023-09-18T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-22T12:27:56.761-07:00Update On Ella! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;">I think to do a full update on Ella I have to start back in August of 2022. Last August she had a seizure and we ended up being transported to Mary Bridge Children's Hospital via ambulance. From that stay the Neurologist decided to put Ella on Topiramate for her migraines. The nice thing about that medication is when taken in higher doses it can help with seizures as well. Thankfully Ella has never had another seizure. She even had a 48 hour EEG and her brain never showed any kind of seizure activity. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;">Fast forward to this year and from February 6th - June 1st (almost 4 months) she had 4 puking episodes. It usually starts out as a headache and it always ends up with multiple times of her throwing up. On June 9th she had a Neurology Appt and we discussed her puking episodes and how at least once a week she was waking up with headaches. He didn't</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"> like that so he change the dosage of her meds. Her new does was 25mg in the morning and 50 mg at night. Prior to this she was only taking 25mg twice a day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;">Since June 21st until September 16th (Almost 3 months) Ella has had 10 puking episodes some times spanning two days. She has actually lost weight this summer. I believe at one point she was 112lb, but she went down to 105lb after one of her worst puking episodes. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;">I have been in contact with her Neurologist and he doesn't feel like it has anything to do with the meds. They are supposed to help with her migraines. He suggested that we go see her Neurosurgeon to make sure it wasn't something that would require surgery. Her appt with her Neurosurgeon was on Monday, August 28th. The day we had the appt she was doing great and he said she looked great and didn't look like she was sick. He did look in her eyes and didn't see any swelling or pressure behind her eyes so that was good. He said the only thing we could really do was have an MRI to confirm that her ventricles were in good shape. He did ask me why I didn't take her to the ER during her latest puking episode and I told him that I was planning on it if she didn't stop puking by a certain time. Thankfully I was able to give her the anti-nausea meds that she's been prescribed and they finally worked and she stopped throwing up. We did set up an appt for an MRI on October 14th. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;">The night before the first day of school, Sept 4th, Ella started throwing up again. She was still throwing up at 10am so I was done....I was taking her to the ER. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwh6baFdSs1TKZ4VVxtookHuRotp4u24WxLIdsvHeyhM33-npgf5hMPFrZH2KRn1FRewU3tuucW9xqORpEF6z-aPkCZutIGUm7LYcBidnQRLtJsTemd1pdxA1cnate4d3GkihIdXIDdN6CvQBg15ggd6nO4cIDSl4gOz1NEfzT97R7WKCGEYV6N44f-s/s4000/20230905_114305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwh6baFdSs1TKZ4VVxtookHuRotp4u24WxLIdsvHeyhM33-npgf5hMPFrZH2KRn1FRewU3tuucW9xqORpEF6z-aPkCZutIGUm7LYcBidnQRLtJsTemd1pdxA1cnate4d3GkihIdXIDdN6CvQBg15ggd6nO4cIDSl4gOz1NEfzT97R7WKCGEYV6N44f-s/s320/20230905_114305.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;">She never did throw up again once we left the house. She felt awful though. She had a terrible headache. They gave her Tylenol and thankfully she kept it down. I hadn't even been able to get her to keep her anti-nausea meds down. They wanted to run some blood tests, but since she was dehydrated it was hard to get a vein. The first nurse was digging around her in left arm and couldn't ever get a vein. The second nurse came in and had better luck with her right arm. They also hooked up an IV and gave her a bag of fluids. This sweet girl is such a trooper. She wasn't even squeezing my hand when they were digging around in her arm. I told her later that she is going to be amazing at birthing a baby since she handles pain so well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;">They were able to get her in for an MRI at the hospital so canceled the one in October. Ella's Neurosurgeon came over and discussed the results with us. Her ventricles looked beautiful! That's super great news because it means she doesn't need brain surgery, but it still leaves us with unanswered questions. Why is she having these puking episodes? Is it because of her headaches or another issue altogether? Is she allergy to something else? Is it a gut issue? So many questions.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"> She does have an appt with a GI Specialist, but they couldn't get her in until Dec 20th. I honestly feel like we need a Dr. House. I need someone to look at her overall health and figure out this mystery. Poor Ella's life has been greatly impacted by this. She was even scared to go to camp thinking she might puke. She has had to cancel sleepovers because of throwing up. She's losing weight when she should be growing! As a parent the not knowing and understanding what's going on with her body is maddening. I will do anything to figure out what's going on with my little girl. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;">I did go ahead and make an appt for her with my Naturopath. She has been amazing with me and I feel like their might be a hormonal connection. I know that migraines can be higher for women during the years they have a cycle. My mom had terrible migraines until menopause and then she finally she got some relief. I do not think it has anything to do with her Hydrocephalus. I think there is something else at work here, but I feel like all the MD doctors are so focused on her Hydrocephalus they aren't able to see the forest through the trees. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;">I think there might be a connection with food as well so Ella has started a food diary. We have found out there were things she was eating that had food dye that we had no clue about. I guess we had gotten a little lazy. One of the things that we found was the mystery Air Heads. She very rarely gets to eat gummy fruity candy because of dye. The mystery Air Heads are white so we thought they were okay when in fact they have red, yellow and blue dye in them...go figure. Also the seasoning packets in Top Ramen have dye as well. It's crazy what has dye in it. We also are wondering if it has something to do with her digestion. Sometimes when she throws up it will be hours after a meal and she is puking up fully intact macaroni noodles. That doesn't seem right. I'm hoping because we are keeping this food diary we'll be able to have a really good discussion with the GI doctor. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana;">There are still so many unknowns and like I said it's maddening. I just want my girl to be healthy and not have to go through all this. She has been through enough already! Please keep our sweet Ella Grace in your prayers. Pray for healing of her body, wisdom for me and Michael and the doctors involved.</span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-64464888783335183582023-09-10T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-22T12:41:32.265-07:00Just Because Pictures! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">The other night we were putting the kids to bed and I just decided randomly to have Michael take a picture of me with each of the kids individually. I don't think we do this enough honestly. There are usual pictures with us as a group, but not individual ones. I love these kids so much! They are just growing up so fast! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDu6_7Mjo-pCie9zVmRv78RWPwqHd07uT5UeKACZrBJSmgYPweZhSa8CLvxPFjHo67NHG3LKyKW_HIstHWVysy9uBCPagy87FW51dqpIyICeQodK673Z7jBQxqrf6OfkPbOld2tKfjPJBqk0SuP1LDVw7h_qFtu6m5GJTuoBA-G-82yYjFWJvT0l7c4jg/s4000/20230909_203951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDu6_7Mjo-pCie9zVmRv78RWPwqHd07uT5UeKACZrBJSmgYPweZhSa8CLvxPFjHo67NHG3LKyKW_HIstHWVysy9uBCPagy87FW51dqpIyICeQodK673Z7jBQxqrf6OfkPbOld2tKfjPJBqk0SuP1LDVw7h_qFtu6m5GJTuoBA-G-82yYjFWJvT0l7c4jg/s320/20230909_203951.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Look at this handsome guy. We've reached the point where when we hug his arms are on top since he's so much taller than me. He's also in this phase where sometimes a hug is out of the question so I cherish them when he gives me one. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34esctOX7BZGXD1SlJZPrUT4DCOyGIvr-r8bms3LkBGQI_t4mlcEE2IIiefKp-MqAXleEuLVHPmC5cQ2fNQNZY7Ri5qBYDH6F4lY1P7yQ1yUlhQ7i0hoDCpiLS4JPMO_PGxrb7Ib75gB2IHrkx2rbanlc_LDm7QCFciPX6kbXUs56jiG_zC0fE9mmsRQ/s4000/20230909_204013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34esctOX7BZGXD1SlJZPrUT4DCOyGIvr-r8bms3LkBGQI_t4mlcEE2IIiefKp-MqAXleEuLVHPmC5cQ2fNQNZY7Ri5qBYDH6F4lY1P7yQ1yUlhQ7i0hoDCpiLS4JPMO_PGxrb7Ib75gB2IHrkx2rbanlc_LDm7QCFciPX6kbXUs56jiG_zC0fE9mmsRQ/s320/20230909_204013.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Jackson is such a cool dude. He's got such swagger when he walks I love it. He's so sure of himself! He's also a bit on the slouchy side so I can usually get away with having my arms over his for a hug still. If he would stand up to his full height that wouldn't be the case. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbR5ISYrbIKPoJvhbQyXYPxj4JFo76LakZenIKp_5i5ceqRwpHJ00lJVq0QoMg9plo2yWeMGzXX9SypS_-C4w_QNpWCMrTkZ9L4Y3WD254APerHKWwZ1mu9kdtQaYTahNvw3mOMTdYGcDqbQ1xov8ZBVJ8kM2S62BKuWL2DKvuJeLMQz7BgWpOtutrTA/s4000/20230909_204040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbR5ISYrbIKPoJvhbQyXYPxj4JFo76LakZenIKp_5i5ceqRwpHJ00lJVq0QoMg9plo2yWeMGzXX9SypS_-C4w_QNpWCMrTkZ9L4Y3WD254APerHKWwZ1mu9kdtQaYTahNvw3mOMTdYGcDqbQ1xov8ZBVJ8kM2S62BKuWL2DKvuJeLMQz7BgWpOtutrTA/s320/20230909_204040.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">This beautiful girl of mine. I love her so much! Ella is in such a great phase right now. She really does want me around and we have so much fun together. She has gone through phases like this in the past so I know to cherish them because she can flip like a switch overnight where nothing I can do is right and I annoy her to death. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJo1Y4H3KUaXtWl3DPuV9ftdcGJPQIW9xB1cUB8jIV09Wv9IaKiKoKUSyMJBIi33BIqvJaxKi-35YJ4sKRq-FJo6wgU67F4bu3Yx74qA1kLZta4_IaYOXSJqlOrBwm45Ncxd_9kbtoNh5NXtQ4izqXw_3jJaBUyAVzU2wHf179YLDuE3-_ssbnockhgcw/s4000/20230909_204109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJo1Y4H3KUaXtWl3DPuV9ftdcGJPQIW9xB1cUB8jIV09Wv9IaKiKoKUSyMJBIi33BIqvJaxKi-35YJ4sKRq-FJo6wgU67F4bu3Yx74qA1kLZta4_IaYOXSJqlOrBwm45Ncxd_9kbtoNh5NXtQ4izqXw_3jJaBUyAVzU2wHf179YLDuE3-_ssbnockhgcw/s320/20230909_204109.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">This sweet boy still likes for me to rock him every once in awhile when I sing to him at night. In fact all the kids still like for me to sing to them right before bed every night. I will take it for as long as I can. Unfortunately I can't pick him up and hold him anymore though. His torso is too long and he ends up choking me! :(</span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-12351066388830535532023-09-09T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-22T11:47:25.156-07:00Random Summer Happenings! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">I have been so bad about taking pictures lately. I used to take hundreds and hundreds of pictures every month, but now some months I barely take close to hundred. I think it has something to do with the kids getting older. They aren't constantly changing as much nor are they learned new skills at the rate they used. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">I had a bunch of pictures of different things that we did this summer, but they weren't enough for an entire blog post by themselves so I thought I would put them all into a random summer post. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGmD_wqA1VV7trgV9ta06Nk1xxWH0lDjAZH-Wt46Cic44SVM1TwZP3Cq7tx2G-KeZDZsHJKo8j75xluLNkic-33Omj0cMfC0EZCB9XOxE3LsUKr5_bt6doE6klCP_t8m2GQ2PjqTEHMVla3iic9r_NXuKn_yiLWkMx0IPqloQ7lQmJqBpsE6AWCg79Mc/s4000/20230607_135119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGmD_wqA1VV7trgV9ta06Nk1xxWH0lDjAZH-Wt46Cic44SVM1TwZP3Cq7tx2G-KeZDZsHJKo8j75xluLNkic-33Omj0cMfC0EZCB9XOxE3LsUKr5_bt6doE6klCP_t8m2GQ2PjqTEHMVla3iic9r_NXuKn_yiLWkMx0IPqloQ7lQmJqBpsE6AWCg79Mc/s320/20230607_135119.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Even though we didn't official end school until June 16th, we weren't slaving away until late in the afternoon either. On Wednesday, June 7th, we meet up with Kim and her kids at Seahurst beach for a fun kick off to the summer weather. It was a gorgeous day to be at the beach. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGC0fU1tt4a_Nqary9pIGjjVomfTmHszrA4fhFDNGy-PuPZQBao3PBXISWLZLVtm0twmARZsV7Mtcb6eVjwnV0I-JayI4yqD0okYDQeSsMSasKPu5UeOpKZVBzBTZ_2SCAT-dxMp2lDEH2xhd36L_4iyv3CXuq7g6kuC1xMTw1Ud2xS4kVtOMlf4msak/s4000/20230607_140638.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGC0fU1tt4a_Nqary9pIGjjVomfTmHszrA4fhFDNGy-PuPZQBao3PBXISWLZLVtm0twmARZsV7Mtcb6eVjwnV0I-JayI4yqD0okYDQeSsMSasKPu5UeOpKZVBzBTZ_2SCAT-dxMp2lDEH2xhd36L_4iyv3CXuq7g6kuC1xMTw1Ud2xS4kVtOMlf4msak/s320/20230607_140638.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0BHZ3q-y1vDTp3FFfobUNgJm8nI5LJYnKObQAbGNtEvkIrg-jAz4wA7CMuXN7Vz_tRwV1_h8ozrwWCm07kspWupX7nUcBVnlmlZllo8xErjVXM2CTbd9hbfURSrLSIx4Gz1H670LLMf6Iat0OTtdeRoN7AY2OkjL1509AqhHAc8wFJI50i3vNRLkz5M/s4000/20230607_140642.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0BHZ3q-y1vDTp3FFfobUNgJm8nI5LJYnKObQAbGNtEvkIrg-jAz4wA7CMuXN7Vz_tRwV1_h8ozrwWCm07kspWupX7nUcBVnlmlZllo8xErjVXM2CTbd9hbfURSrLSIx4Gz1H670LLMf6Iat0OTtdeRoN7AY2OkjL1509AqhHAc8wFJI50i3vNRLkz5M/s320/20230607_140642.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Zeke is always on the look out for drift wood that is in the shape of weapons. He's found quite a few and we have a collection of them on our mantle at home! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BfB57XcX1kRwdFkSNEsT8lpZ9iznm37Wbv7wDUks2hKoJbMltbMURLwECPVcRJZ2FgoDtEG7KWqVNRcb71BsmSrWa0c1WV9X4qn8eMZbN2k7pW6UYwcrA6PV5pGlXCrPgk_j5kKIWlMSw51zE29rbGddnouqmyf8rHuTfz22F05kGa4sT6ZV1jAI5T8/s4000/20230610_172215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BfB57XcX1kRwdFkSNEsT8lpZ9iznm37Wbv7wDUks2hKoJbMltbMURLwECPVcRJZ2FgoDtEG7KWqVNRcb71BsmSrWa0c1WV9X4qn8eMZbN2k7pW6UYwcrA6PV5pGlXCrPgk_j5kKIWlMSw51zE29rbGddnouqmyf8rHuTfz22F05kGa4sT6ZV1jAI5T8/s320/20230610_172215.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">While Daddy and the older boys were off on the rafting trip I took these cuties out to dinner at Red Robin! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk4BndBsrRw500-2jDP-StvdcUYE-9nMWK0DZUVV5cmR504AaWn2HebcLiNcyRU26-EdTpqtZ2prh3B-VefCrwjQ3yCE0q_-_7i-25jTqXq6NubQAHx3tBQo84AtwKCK2KX3r0MzIz87aRDiBIuKZBqYxDaPU5YvuNqTH0c-2VM0fyTugq2Hl46BI2vw/s4000/20230612_131050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk4BndBsrRw500-2jDP-StvdcUYE-9nMWK0DZUVV5cmR504AaWn2HebcLiNcyRU26-EdTpqtZ2prh3B-VefCrwjQ3yCE0q_-_7i-25jTqXq6NubQAHx3tBQo84AtwKCK2KX3r0MzIz87aRDiBIuKZBqYxDaPU5YvuNqTH0c-2VM0fyTugq2Hl46BI2vw/s320/20230612_131050.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">I like to live on the wild side! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZewyn_LoxO4Wt0Iw9XUXIDYkDG47T2XXt644OBDhBav76ynEMcSPIQMvnTjHVNeh43irwImTdBZrGoyZkJtZy8Kh3qXhVsujijyXbmlHe5myHYZm9V_42iHCb2LMmezspcWTEUaC3shFwsKxBenocIxy1o1Su4g7vZn4powgZ3W9l7d5ZgYMNKA_V8c/s4000/20230629_081752.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZewyn_LoxO4Wt0Iw9XUXIDYkDG47T2XXt644OBDhBav76ynEMcSPIQMvnTjHVNeh43irwImTdBZrGoyZkJtZy8Kh3qXhVsujijyXbmlHe5myHYZm9V_42iHCb2LMmezspcWTEUaC3shFwsKxBenocIxy1o1Su4g7vZn4powgZ3W9l7d5ZgYMNKA_V8c/s320/20230629_081752.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">For Christmas Ga-Ga got the boys all these miniature games. Owen hadn't ever opened his up yet. So one morning he wanted me to play the world's small game of Monopoly with him. It was so hilarious! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN__EuJj6tzQwcSZcv8pO_dTtZ6pYdJSxU5z1mxIMyf1gfm6KjeM76BvYgrdQ8w_abo-LhHvrgo22CwHaG7uPDV1vqtbuiAKtUEybmH7g3szqxQVkJgf1U5xsSnA7gT3ax5lvrB6cNV_kZJ0gDn5Rr9RN1Jc6xoxu6unVOIgdllpMtMOni9249dyudHjQ/s4000/20230629_081757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN__EuJj6tzQwcSZcv8pO_dTtZ6pYdJSxU5z1mxIMyf1gfm6KjeM76BvYgrdQ8w_abo-LhHvrgo22CwHaG7uPDV1vqtbuiAKtUEybmH7g3szqxQVkJgf1U5xsSnA7gT3ax5lvrB6cNV_kZJ0gDn5Rr9RN1Jc6xoxu6unVOIgdllpMtMOni9249dyudHjQ/s320/20230629_081757.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Look at those little cards and the figurines were so small, but they still took up the whole space on the board. </span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UPGShjAkm0ZUYyLfmlBTwKZKFVCA743IhtHa7YUuDNIeZqkcl4LxAF4iPqoMiTseRXS-2Qa6ri1EQdfi-uxWec9HJz_xOgf3Lc2vDN2lKe1YrXZANhX2nfHHyFKEpLvjTxqAoEjHADbdp8bpS4Zawx852lgkqhQ92K9fNwtxNT80gfgEJAQzdL2BD-I/s4000/20230629_133725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UPGShjAkm0ZUYyLfmlBTwKZKFVCA743IhtHa7YUuDNIeZqkcl4LxAF4iPqoMiTseRXS-2Qa6ri1EQdfi-uxWec9HJz_xOgf3Lc2vDN2lKe1YrXZANhX2nfHHyFKEpLvjTxqAoEjHADbdp8bpS4Zawx852lgkqhQ92K9fNwtxNT80gfgEJAQzdL2BD-I/s320/20230629_133725.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">The week before the 4th of July the kids and I needed to be in Burien for Jack's orthodontist appt. We had to pick him up from his Fire & Safety training at PSSC and then we had about an hour before his appt. We went to the Dollar Tree to buy the Bingo prizes for the 4th of July BBQ and then I remembered it was Thursday and the Farmers Market was going on. I had no idea where Michael's Water District booth was, but I figured we could have a quick look. Thankfully we found it right away. The booth was so nice! That's when I got to see the water fan in action and I was sure he needed to borrow it for the BBQ!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3ryK-XuG6klps_T443JwG5ScH_kEc2hGwdeALGnOpc_p915rfCiKqgysiEOWHqIMnJkJFrUGIKJjDpvgnG4pW7JlbXeXI-PUH6fM0e0pNx03gtT5WrU4DU4AAGDyW4BCaNFJC7q1ZraiSgH8J-6vBV2C3UnlMjT6maTWqfzQIA55IZLJYXPpjthwRkM/s4000/20230708_180209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3ryK-XuG6klps_T443JwG5ScH_kEc2hGwdeALGnOpc_p915rfCiKqgysiEOWHqIMnJkJFrUGIKJjDpvgnG4pW7JlbXeXI-PUH6fM0e0pNx03gtT5WrU4DU4AAGDyW4BCaNFJC7q1ZraiSgH8J-6vBV2C3UnlMjT6maTWqfzQIA55IZLJYXPpjthwRkM/s320/20230708_180209.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Our cat likes nachos! And no Michael isn't still eating them right along with Charlie. These are the chips that he broke up so Charlie could eat them. This cat will eat just about anything...except shrimp, imitation crab and chicken apple sausage. He doesn't like those. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorU3SkUDxyxA0FBrbV6x5lu5EcZnBDwgZYPio_kiKGd4dvwc2erd962IhUxVbJ6Udw3idUFhh8fEzkDlSa_zVRSTMBOjQgdqXkv_UYCpDAcLouOzzov8_5GYxX5CtPz2dOZbGrgJs3SLtqsACVT58cNag5UMpuz_wvTV-mE_6BAMMVzME6ywL9FfnDMQ/s4000/20230712_211401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorU3SkUDxyxA0FBrbV6x5lu5EcZnBDwgZYPio_kiKGd4dvwc2erd962IhUxVbJ6Udw3idUFhh8fEzkDlSa_zVRSTMBOjQgdqXkv_UYCpDAcLouOzzov8_5GYxX5CtPz2dOZbGrgJs3SLtqsACVT58cNag5UMpuz_wvTV-mE_6BAMMVzME6ywL9FfnDMQ/s320/20230712_211401.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBKdewNcSvMgSTPg2JTnjAu_bWb-YzKbXd7ZlD_NQZny_R8Zlh_hX-tnbfRV2BZ0n-TywODBtpDvnj8IJfEeNHgeMLWaRW2HpB705TcCgqoqIcWJdWw1Ui8d0NdlL3CpqJ7neva-ajBqw4hkKk2-5CjV4DQ5oefF-rHGVnmS_euqkxlJrHRZ4kVgjp_k/s4000/20230712_212024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBKdewNcSvMgSTPg2JTnjAu_bWb-YzKbXd7ZlD_NQZny_R8Zlh_hX-tnbfRV2BZ0n-TywODBtpDvnj8IJfEeNHgeMLWaRW2HpB705TcCgqoqIcWJdWw1Ui8d0NdlL3CpqJ7neva-ajBqw4hkKk2-5CjV4DQ5oefF-rHGVnmS_euqkxlJrHRZ4kVgjp_k/s320/20230712_212024.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Since Ella and I were headed to Eastern Washington in the middle of July that meant we were going to be gone for Michael's birthday on July 14th. Michael and I went out to celebrate at Daniel's Broiler on Wednesday the 12th. We also had him open his presents that night. Owen found a funny birthday card that said something like being the greatest person to ever walk the earth and then you open it and it says "Not you that was Jesus!" I know I'm not quite remembering it right, but it was funny! We got Michael a few new t-shirts and then a bag full of his favorite caramels from the Winco bulk section. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfoCKOfeZvhAi5wbPYRdDY5RCE21MucFpZqqRDzC1VNF6LU0VcQm_SbzOiUDFEo-z5dNOSADH4SK7ElS3aTISumcF17rpq5RIL_K8VGd_l8ZYvDDIP_ZdwV1ZV_RrugHAsbuVMnkBgEY0LWXzxIk36USi2eu-a21IFFeAUTF0RGWoNzS469PJQ2Qe2sY/s4000/20230720_153458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfoCKOfeZvhAi5wbPYRdDY5RCE21MucFpZqqRDzC1VNF6LU0VcQm_SbzOiUDFEo-z5dNOSADH4SK7ElS3aTISumcF17rpq5RIL_K8VGd_l8ZYvDDIP_ZdwV1ZV_RrugHAsbuVMnkBgEY0LWXzxIk36USi2eu-a21IFFeAUTF0RGWoNzS469PJQ2Qe2sY/s320/20230720_153458.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">With us being gone on all these camping trips we did not want our yard to die so I finally broke down and bought a couple of these timer things for the hoses. They are about $50 a piece, but it was so nice to not have to rely on the neighbors or friends to come water our garden/yard. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrK8s9WVEQB9Rd9W0xinX7En_iH_WFh4fD88_dRFUXXz3vserUtZ7ijO0lRY_psslVCpX5qEAkyUzhItmYNDZ5YzlYgJd_mqP29eE50izfZfVhWiIEyDsx_BwUOhBqxNePgz-cv6InKNW__qgwin9Tq56oHIIoMTQ2m6SIeCpfkIvsRK3HZp5ssyA3r7s/s4096/IMG_20230727_105403791.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrK8s9WVEQB9Rd9W0xinX7En_iH_WFh4fD88_dRFUXXz3vserUtZ7ijO0lRY_psslVCpX5qEAkyUzhItmYNDZ5YzlYgJd_mqP29eE50izfZfVhWiIEyDsx_BwUOhBqxNePgz-cv6InKNW__qgwin9Tq56oHIIoMTQ2m6SIeCpfkIvsRK3HZp5ssyA3r7s/s320/IMG_20230727_105403791.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Zeke had a fun time building a fort upstairs in the hallway. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-B33qANXvKHMlWjC1k7YhSU8RN0WB5s16f3jZoW-3r-EQMWJdMRvDVMlyPaeGvR3IcpWKOV1qRlCfm6PenfT4S__ue1U0pb8sB6ZCraodmbJQpwT_uzSLl0MNHy0vP0iDXrI1QnxGXRN0oVeEHIDeGiV7WP00yX0KGh9403vz7Vm0UALXwUR4J1wHkY/s4096/IMG_20230727_113322884.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-B33qANXvKHMlWjC1k7YhSU8RN0WB5s16f3jZoW-3r-EQMWJdMRvDVMlyPaeGvR3IcpWKOV1qRlCfm6PenfT4S__ue1U0pb8sB6ZCraodmbJQpwT_uzSLl0MNHy0vP0iDXrI1QnxGXRN0oVeEHIDeGiV7WP00yX0KGh9403vz7Vm0UALXwUR4J1wHkY/s320/IMG_20230727_113322884.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Charlie thought it was a fun to hang out too! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-allg3kvesmznPkzO5297inUaA5kQ60Sr5XEEkh5MUsVEc7GmkxDJTzruYj59tNeUlZPJ3cq52kzLOVpoH9b0EZoRcP1O8qsTPX6aba9dHrBUWkncKuL7bDArdp0xJVT6-LSuxdFsihhYwB8wJnFrjWRRAEtVy1zGMt5syezx8zIe-8LasLRFPO3V44/s2560/Resized_20230503_161821.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-allg3kvesmznPkzO5297inUaA5kQ60Sr5XEEkh5MUsVEc7GmkxDJTzruYj59tNeUlZPJ3cq52kzLOVpoH9b0EZoRcP1O8qsTPX6aba9dHrBUWkncKuL7bDArdp0xJVT6-LSuxdFsihhYwB8wJnFrjWRRAEtVy1zGMt5syezx8zIe-8LasLRFPO3V44/s320/Resized_20230503_161821.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">One day while I was cooking dinner with my Mom I reached into the bag of carrots and pulled out this one. I had to take a picture of it and sent it to Michael. It's a boy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjx33th3GgD5IdKY98M8GFNnyEKU0BY3K8_VlBA0nOhcl6K6VYZ2YagfXhOxo03Zm_oA6Ot_w4yc1ewt1cLQ6FRD3dO39FDutt_jM6_iQPgEzsYrGKY3y821UTurAugm4tpycWZVgGovvYlc2a-_4NPmtwc0p0DqLjBWot28CO7xMnBB3kKQKHuCcC47I/s4000/20230731_134250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjx33th3GgD5IdKY98M8GFNnyEKU0BY3K8_VlBA0nOhcl6K6VYZ2YagfXhOxo03Zm_oA6Ot_w4yc1ewt1cLQ6FRD3dO39FDutt_jM6_iQPgEzsYrGKY3y821UTurAugm4tpycWZVgGovvYlc2a-_4NPmtwc0p0DqLjBWot28CO7xMnBB3kKQKHuCcC47I/s320/20230731_134250.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">This whole year we have been keeping track of the different animals Charlie brings in and kills. It's his kill list and yes I know that sounds creepy. On this particular day I was not happy with him. He got a hummingbird! Even though I wasn't happy with our beast I was impressed...those things are fast! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg224aoRhv3S5qGoFza7u91Q7Zl8FBgn17LMYAC5UD4i3fT5-ieWL6zX_3Gl1DXIt_dM6IdtyZ3oIXM18J57mAwPo18gB6WXJFLYPMvmfJDWhK9Oh3tTVTxvf13RlFJkGo5OMpSy7eKhHNiJEx_P6-fo5WfJ6a10cIIFOn0vGgQdZ3XOEUQtNuWK5acTwg/s4000/20230804_102933.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg224aoRhv3S5qGoFza7u91Q7Zl8FBgn17LMYAC5UD4i3fT5-ieWL6zX_3Gl1DXIt_dM6IdtyZ3oIXM18J57mAwPo18gB6WXJFLYPMvmfJDWhK9Oh3tTVTxvf13RlFJkGo5OMpSy7eKhHNiJEx_P6-fo5WfJ6a10cIIFOn0vGgQdZ3XOEUQtNuWK5acTwg/s320/20230804_102933.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0PO7Vo3vF53opm7vf6C8L5ad5R6sMW4AOrOv1Rr3e36zbFC5l02Jnsbs7ZYOH1ThCPazcoXTiLjZ9kAdCNHRt3zW_GfpIwyRqZ3wrzlfrCz5kCnCQU3BY4tv-avepSpjJyvJiT-ic-iaGMld0CJXbec6iGVSVJqtTIZaahfArDvy3RGeRkiNsXnN6G0/s4000/20230804_102946.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0PO7Vo3vF53opm7vf6C8L5ad5R6sMW4AOrOv1Rr3e36zbFC5l02Jnsbs7ZYOH1ThCPazcoXTiLjZ9kAdCNHRt3zW_GfpIwyRqZ3wrzlfrCz5kCnCQU3BY4tv-avepSpjJyvJiT-ic-iaGMld0CJXbec6iGVSVJqtTIZaahfArDvy3RGeRkiNsXnN6G0/s320/20230804_102946.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Our VBS theme this year was a space theme called Steller. My Dad had been tasked with the job of building a lunar lander. He spent weeks and weeks creating this. It was huge! You can see it's about double his height. It came apart in two pieces and barely fit through the church doors. It was up on the stage for a couple weeks prior to VBS...it was good advertisement. He did such a great job! </span></div></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98u3r3XUzKOlQUhXy3zwvonSwqP5KlQlWwOV9B-FRorVl1iHH1CWlO_XHoSK2AIgND--WZURBRV6bKQgTs5hRFn1vWw9HeqbhaUOetNc9NvW4VKKEK-0yyyMRXurH0NsH1g4NT7z5nExm1PJjDHhVcuYX3vEnZPfBZAL2O4oXBufRwL9pKQAzdLIThck/s4096/IMG_20230809_122028448.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98u3r3XUzKOlQUhXy3zwvonSwqP5KlQlWwOV9B-FRorVl1iHH1CWlO_XHoSK2AIgND--WZURBRV6bKQgTs5hRFn1vWw9HeqbhaUOetNc9NvW4VKKEK-0yyyMRXurH0NsH1g4NT7z5nExm1PJjDHhVcuYX3vEnZPfBZAL2O4oXBufRwL9pKQAzdLIThck/s320/IMG_20230809_122028448.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">One day Zeke asked if he could make a smorgasbord for lunch. I told him he could. I love that he took the time to make it all pretty! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbrJNrCAVdwXx3sCqitqadNT7_xKpG9I179Ed2HFi2NpqpXFC91q--6xar-BVgUWF3Tlt7DfZNqfl_eyXIQAfdRJ_W_rBke1SHoMimtDxeg_J0l7eY0380U9zwwnXaNvdQ6ZtyvoN3pWphL1RsV4PgqeSgjrCljYy5oVs-vFG2hOcEeNVWW0S3-a7bw0/s4000/20230809_151832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbrJNrCAVdwXx3sCqitqadNT7_xKpG9I179Ed2HFi2NpqpXFC91q--6xar-BVgUWF3Tlt7DfZNqfl_eyXIQAfdRJ_W_rBke1SHoMimtDxeg_J0l7eY0380U9zwwnXaNvdQ6ZtyvoN3pWphL1RsV4PgqeSgjrCljYy5oVs-vFG2hOcEeNVWW0S3-a7bw0/s320/20230809_151832.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzxuu5sEhKE5sKI7KLJb-QZ1AK1WXh21vyOsi_AhzFSKc_tbUL3V7PeRPOdRZ1auNWbKWo0msw7Q0azOJm2BQYAxLYhMHWMeYzcnJZVqu1cWQtiTlAXCY--bJ-zPcKOO4teSkwAAUH0Q-T1jlKN70nKtHYpqt_nrRk6oVb126bPO7wMlNdSeqwGrg0tI/s4000/20230809_151849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzxuu5sEhKE5sKI7KLJb-QZ1AK1WXh21vyOsi_AhzFSKc_tbUL3V7PeRPOdRZ1auNWbKWo0msw7Q0azOJm2BQYAxLYhMHWMeYzcnJZVqu1cWQtiTlAXCY--bJ-zPcKOO4teSkwAAUH0Q-T1jlKN70nKtHYpqt_nrRk6oVb126bPO7wMlNdSeqwGrg0tI/s320/20230809_151849.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">The 2nd week of August was when the kids went to Summer Camp. The older boys left on Sunday. Michel was the one to drop them off and he didn't even stay until they drove away let alone take pictures. He's such a dad! Ella and Zeke headed out for kids camp on Wednesday afternoon. We had a lot more kids going this year which was nice. Especially for Zeke...last year he was the only boy from our church. This year there were 3 boys that went. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZR6EepFw17k484e-nArXR4wM6ijHTiMy4wlMSHpk2TX8-NhkU29P1S705LZvunVaHI-H3rwRq1EWFCWpOBR0jTgWBvxBo8o1R_spSnQyeneSJwJes8KCwMlrtimvXd-rsscuQruWVJ4KgNm31Jt8UpN80R_zXUeAIgdkG2J6kHM546qF-0L9XU0sQQlI/s4000/20230809_151900.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZR6EepFw17k484e-nArXR4wM6ijHTiMy4wlMSHpk2TX8-NhkU29P1S705LZvunVaHI-H3rwRq1EWFCWpOBR0jTgWBvxBo8o1R_spSnQyeneSJwJes8KCwMlrtimvXd-rsscuQruWVJ4KgNm31Jt8UpN80R_zXUeAIgdkG2J6kHM546qF-0L9XU0sQQlI/s320/20230809_151900.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">The youth camp is from Sunday - Friday, while the kids camp is from Wednesday - Saturday. It's honestly the perfect amount of time for that age! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WfZQO5R9cgB5YOjqqDqta9tg0BEhiKIIn_0Tqx6ERNnGTjTIWI41m1zYJYJI7Qsksc8xmZTLMG4xITz6CDY3EuDsVi24BCSojs-eA0yphGYcFDKcun0VAoKRSwofsLKBg-vbR1i6OgK2TgvvtKtOJMeZwGCZhc4kJOfv_dpYAJQEAYtttOCDB8fFMXk/s4000/20230809_151952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WfZQO5R9cgB5YOjqqDqta9tg0BEhiKIIn_0Tqx6ERNnGTjTIWI41m1zYJYJI7Qsksc8xmZTLMG4xITz6CDY3EuDsVi24BCSojs-eA0yphGYcFDKcun0VAoKRSwofsLKBg-vbR1i6OgK2TgvvtKtOJMeZwGCZhc4kJOfv_dpYAJQEAYtttOCDB8fFMXk/s320/20230809_151952.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Loaded up and ready to go! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaNZm-Xf4X08LSwgfobo7o5cPaS96v-d0eNvimHPybbmiMysdeRTPIHEsm2Q0RCaev42HH7MYMCVTntNf3eBa14QfcvBpzWpjzOQutwKE8ENPsE-8PgrayO5XLxa_LzpzgmVciF9AU2gQBgXC1rXmopOdUOxrCTmK12mUwHsQhlZsC9D4BJ10602l7hQ/s4000/20230809_152004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaNZm-Xf4X08LSwgfobo7o5cPaS96v-d0eNvimHPybbmiMysdeRTPIHEsm2Q0RCaev42HH7MYMCVTntNf3eBa14QfcvBpzWpjzOQutwKE8ENPsE-8PgrayO5XLxa_LzpzgmVciF9AU2gQBgXC1rXmopOdUOxrCTmK12mUwHsQhlZsC9D4BJ10602l7hQ/s320/20230809_152004.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Mr Ernie and Miss Katie taking good care of our kiddos. We appreciate them so much! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">I got about 48 hours with no kiddos which is so nice. My plan was to do nothing except read! One thing I did really well with this summer was not sleeping in. Most days I was up at 7:30 and it really helped with taking advantage of the day and not having to break the habit once school was back in session. One of the mornings I came down to fill up my water before sitting on the couch to read my book. I opened my tumbler, got out my electrolytes and was getting ready to open the packet when I looked over and saw this....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Vhjbvwk2QOppi_GYhcizhZcjuznoZ9vEzQttGKtENgHna8W5qIjkGFj7tM_QooLkOk2bYeKk2BouJ9CkmUt0wCUj_bOPkoZEWG5yCMWEi0KNIZIZrsjcX4Vp3JAl7M-LDxu7vJ9miIZbtSR7afwAsZyeOE4TS_kJi61v6H3X7Np6hhRFzODFK-qgXRU/s4000/20230810_084407.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Vhjbvwk2QOppi_GYhcizhZcjuznoZ9vEzQttGKtENgHna8W5qIjkGFj7tM_QooLkOk2bYeKk2BouJ9CkmUt0wCUj_bOPkoZEWG5yCMWEi0KNIZIZrsjcX4Vp3JAl7M-LDxu7vJ9miIZbtSR7afwAsZyeOE4TS_kJi61v6H3X7Np6hhRFzODFK-qgXRU/s320/20230810_084407.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Oh my word!!! He was huge. That's the back of my stove and with his legs he's about 3 - 4 inches. I about stopped breathing! I'm not joking! I walked right out of there, got the vacuum hose and sucked him right up. We actually ended up find 3 of these big bad boys over the course of the summer. Ewwwww!!! No thank you! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhGdRRx2Zi62TQL0BVF1UZULaMi3iAMXxiUy-78fyqgr-P4QE_ftRgbaCzYYsHHS6SMW4q6UdDy6Au43NU_-8OtPxLqw2OFFRcDxzcqvDizByPaHLcCoeEH5UZJTzrPUK9CcoXy8q0rXfPlqz3s8zLElBx24BkDb7L9Y1bCSpUYTVPkgHITtpWeQ0HSw/s4000/20230819_162958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhGdRRx2Zi62TQL0BVF1UZULaMi3iAMXxiUy-78fyqgr-P4QE_ftRgbaCzYYsHHS6SMW4q6UdDy6Au43NU_-8OtPxLqw2OFFRcDxzcqvDizByPaHLcCoeEH5UZJTzrPUK9CcoXy8q0rXfPlqz3s8zLElBx24BkDb7L9Y1bCSpUYTVPkgHITtpWeQ0HSw/s320/20230819_162958.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">I've talked about Richie before and how he loved my long hair. He passed away on October 28th, 2021, from Covid. It was such a huge loss for his family and friends and our church community. The family had a small gathering last year, but they were waiting to have the celebration of life that everyone could attend later. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">His service was on August 19th at our church. Richie built the cross that is on the wall in the sanctuary. He also built that gate for one of our pastor's sermon series' he did. Mary his wife asked my Dad if he could build these platforms for Richie's boots. She wanted the platforms to get taller going up and up to the foot of the cross. Richie loved his boots and he loved Jesus. He also love Coke & Skittles so the edge of the stage was lined with cans of Coke and the tables outside had bags of Skittles on them. It was a fabulous service honoring a wonderful man. I can't wait to get to heaven and see Richie again. I can just hear him giving me a hard time and saying something like, "Well...what took you so long?" <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqLwFvcH__CFoaLY70JITEtOB85UjzsVZX1IFF9vO3w1rRRNpl9g3Y7BEz2jCYfSpM9FCyaPR0rYOuMGaA-NI0K_0B0FsH4s1xuMgXOpNz-XLgPiDDZLdkY-TvirQSFwHUcn8Un-rjwVw8riMECm1sFyWP5eftbFvy-QB7YPDY_-TT3DftiTycCCDTpU/s4000/20230902_110927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqLwFvcH__CFoaLY70JITEtOB85UjzsVZX1IFF9vO3w1rRRNpl9g3Y7BEz2jCYfSpM9FCyaPR0rYOuMGaA-NI0K_0B0FsH4s1xuMgXOpNz-XLgPiDDZLdkY-TvirQSFwHUcn8Un-rjwVw8riMECm1sFyWP5eftbFvy-QB7YPDY_-TT3DftiTycCCDTpU/s320/20230902_110927.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">On a last minute whim we decided to spend the Saturday prior to school starting at the beach. The same beach we went to at the beginning of summer. I thought how cool would that be if the Storer family could come with us. Even though it was last minute they didn't have plans so they joined us. We went back to Seahurst...it's Ella favorite because she loves to look for sea glass. She has hundreds of pieces now...it's a fun hobby! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4c-aup1A1MifApUXee5ANkNrjdVEP7S5rqXrRoUa32BFg0mNn6rB3Kifa3GsCZNGYVQUtfxtexQviqbN8O4n59TxGOoBskfB3YDx8GXaJKZQ1o1TsdsFeKg6vDPkCTWdAaOIYOEmr3Gj7pT0zs_KKchy63FhpI03nac-dnl_jpd9IVcVrNUIb5Yi6o/s4000/20230902_110937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4c-aup1A1MifApUXee5ANkNrjdVEP7S5rqXrRoUa32BFg0mNn6rB3Kifa3GsCZNGYVQUtfxtexQviqbN8O4n59TxGOoBskfB3YDx8GXaJKZQ1o1TsdsFeKg6vDPkCTWdAaOIYOEmr3Gj7pT0zs_KKchy63FhpI03nac-dnl_jpd9IVcVrNUIb5Yi6o/s320/20230902_110937.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">The weather was a little bit on the cooler side when we first got there. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmU6rEaI4fi0YSlmTFfs0tUuiZSMZ46cHpGoHPGIm7vmOSGTGSIo4E8l_buJ0CXGHUrbvRem5KtQfyFtXMHAQHLkQTFR6_xEaXFVM6b60snyL-Hcg-Kue4Kd67NLZkq_3dViKBomsuIL8vkywW7-psOjjrO0tWO23TeR5liv6PxI2rhu0DcbKEo88S4bA/s4000/20230902_110940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmU6rEaI4fi0YSlmTFfs0tUuiZSMZ46cHpGoHPGIm7vmOSGTGSIo4E8l_buJ0CXGHUrbvRem5KtQfyFtXMHAQHLkQTFR6_xEaXFVM6b60snyL-Hcg-Kue4Kd67NLZkq_3dViKBomsuIL8vkywW7-psOjjrO0tWO23TeR5liv6PxI2rhu0DcbKEo88S4bA/s320/20230902_110940.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Once the sun was fully on us it was so nice! Of course this guy was ready to go at exactly the time I said we might leave. We ended up staying until 2:30 though and then it was actually getting really warm and I was ready to go. All the Storer kids wanted to come over to play, but we couldn't fit them all in our van. We ended up taking Andrew and Caitlynn with us and then Micah and Kim brought Josiah over after they ran a couple errands. They also brought over some food to share for dinner so we ended up making it a whole day of fun with friends. It was a nice bookend to all our summer fun! </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-16229162876837190292023-09-07T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-22T10:45:08.648-07:00First Day Of School 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">This year we started school a bit differently and it worked out amazingly well. We did a slow start by starting on Monday August 21st, but I only had the kids work on Math that whole week. The following week I had them add in English. It was such a game changer in regards to their attitude towards school. Boom got your Math done, now it's still summer break. No big deal! It was a nice way to ease back into the schedule rather than going from nothing to okay sit down and do 6 subjects worth of work every day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Our official first day of school was Tuesday, September 5th.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZs6sXJJYvoVVu_f_DaWo5GT8BeXR4F7FYNsxZ1Ab0OkGAiyCpZftDjGNXwSZqxThQweXNlT476jXtlEp8ByB44ZhgzPzGi4cZ9G14TMWKSPNeEEunkEY30rZA9z705il0dY0li_gc8jw_q9bjhMJZaKbvT_h4oQEW84gHuX4tsgQVend4-6v0lr9Oaw/s4000/20230906_073318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZs6sXJJYvoVVu_f_DaWo5GT8BeXR4F7FYNsxZ1Ab0OkGAiyCpZftDjGNXwSZqxThQweXNlT476jXtlEp8ByB44ZhgzPzGi4cZ9G14TMWKSPNeEEunkEY30rZA9z705il0dY0li_gc8jw_q9bjhMJZaKbvT_h4oQEW84gHuX4tsgQVend4-6v0lr9Oaw/s320/20230906_073318.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">I can't believe Owen only has one more first day of school picture after this! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5Fph3Q1AQPpP26IEv7ZLIygPnRuW9JfRBK6X4F5leHhL8J6HSWmjZDNIGUoEVHF8RnaKUpubFQp2KuUKtROvQi4cTkFye7icfq9Gmyk6RXvB_FOiY_pxrI0EDOivM3342KXjguJCzVzS4wfDq8KFPnJ-Hm5B-mL_X9_KLd3wVCv_PDyB_2wMuYzhTEc/s4000/20230906_073334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5Fph3Q1AQPpP26IEv7ZLIygPnRuW9JfRBK6X4F5leHhL8J6HSWmjZDNIGUoEVHF8RnaKUpubFQp2KuUKtROvQi4cTkFye7icfq9Gmyk6RXvB_FOiY_pxrI0EDOivM3342KXjguJCzVzS4wfDq8KFPnJ-Hm5B-mL_X9_KLd3wVCv_PDyB_2wMuYzhTEc/s320/20230906_073334.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">He's a Junior in High School! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_QUmDQv4nCa5_7vY3mc7r7ybQ2-_PM8uvengqQoYzxh_l5NbiZrHj3QOpgaW4ExTlHyg8LVMgX4ltzlqi70GHGY2sE9FlUoGFnq_haCHOCKIh3GXXH7IE3OXnfplGI8EFxmYuwHV8Xzv3X-SuGpKj5WrAkHdP7psvTGj9mZEAt5SR6OwgFQBm9SG2wg/s4000/20230906_073431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_QUmDQv4nCa5_7vY3mc7r7ybQ2-_PM8uvengqQoYzxh_l5NbiZrHj3QOpgaW4ExTlHyg8LVMgX4ltzlqi70GHGY2sE9FlUoGFnq_haCHOCKIh3GXXH7IE3OXnfplGI8EFxmYuwHV8Xzv3X-SuGpKj5WrAkHdP7psvTGj9mZEAt5SR6OwgFQBm9SG2wg/s320/20230906_073431.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Yep the shirt fits now! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">When I took this picture and looked at the date I actually had a freak out moment. His Senior year starts in September next year, but he'll graduate in 2025. For some reason I thought it might be like the football season. Where the you win Superbowl in the season you started in which would be 2023, but you actually play the Superbowl in 2024. I got all confused and was thinking I had messed the kids shirts up this whole time and no one noticed. I ran in and looked at my cousin's son's graduation announcement. He had just graduated back in May and it said that he was the graduation class of 2023 so even though he started his senior year in 2022 they say class of 2023 since that's when you actually graduate. I was so confused and so thankful that I hadn't messed up years worth of pictures! Hahaha! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_Yf3kdGm5MQ935snt7gdy8A8J5znzWITLlHK9JBdHoRZlGAWJP-yOwoG0XMgQdXIG1hg7DYeQfRXB3qAlM3GZZDZOfWSIiElEL_hNC--X8yYRsHWGlsSG2zZhYda_IFikHdtBEdoFE1HKcwKqSWubv6wow4-KNokBroZlKe38eIq9jXRYp5iYhhxV6k/s4000/20230906_073503.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_Yf3kdGm5MQ935snt7gdy8A8J5znzWITLlHK9JBdHoRZlGAWJP-yOwoG0XMgQdXIG1hg7DYeQfRXB3qAlM3GZZDZOfWSIiElEL_hNC--X8yYRsHWGlsSG2zZhYda_IFikHdtBEdoFE1HKcwKqSWubv6wow4-KNokBroZlKe38eIq9jXRYp5iYhhxV6k/s320/20230906_073503.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Second year of high school for this guy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3iiqZS3NAkyfEHOJy7dH-Y4mseortbWl77ha6RkovbE4Z4Hx5ZF4Q4PZNkUay6-8WwAVusbJb2faZeTXn_hFykkpPKhyGoLpM1f47Z6K8QEGp1H5KaVx1Dkb1idvHnt7Eomy7sjOjIbHaoSALHaPHudqWx5Lkk46TvyNRvD9QN0mtat5hRIKIN2mDVg/s4000/20230906_073517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3iiqZS3NAkyfEHOJy7dH-Y4mseortbWl77ha6RkovbE4Z4Hx5ZF4Q4PZNkUay6-8WwAVusbJb2faZeTXn_hFykkpPKhyGoLpM1f47Z6K8QEGp1H5KaVx1Dkb1idvHnt7Eomy7sjOjIbHaoSALHaPHudqWx5Lkk46TvyNRvD9QN0mtat5hRIKIN2mDVg/s320/20230906_073517.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">He's a Smore!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLExjQWM6USzELSVtJAB_y9fkLR4V1nOwK7BuVGYxT2h9HJhKsPse9n5oIWpiGome9f9kdna7O91P3doM0udOmReJ16nmmtnVn66UvuREsUxjzuVVZolFkjfsne8nmuPJjI-yyllkWjCSTNsFDENMm6b2c3gAYSvEuGZNpm_Ubn2MYGgyZfhSfHzu4sw/s4000/20230906_073557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLExjQWM6USzELSVtJAB_y9fkLR4V1nOwK7BuVGYxT2h9HJhKsPse9n5oIWpiGome9f9kdna7O91P3doM0udOmReJ16nmmtnVn66UvuREsUxjzuVVZolFkjfsne8nmuPJjI-yyllkWjCSTNsFDENMm6b2c3gAYSvEuGZNpm_Ubn2MYGgyZfhSfHzu4sw/s320/20230906_073557.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Jackson's shirt fits too! These boys are growing up too fast! Back to back graduations are going to be crazy on my Mama heart! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4uRxRdoj8ztFyZjA4t2m_pFasaKQ5NGHhFDsynEgh3EjOg5-59LNsIhoasFpC_-fSHMhAR5d0tZNqCnx6f5LOM-Oi9ZpyPMOHqLxrzWlq3c73zRm8ZJAQ2MR7lcV77BXJtDAbKgsYTqiHaO_aQDuJCfDBYEcE1Zrnqlw61cySAlk96CPsYXS8K5h2FI/s4000/20230906_073646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4uRxRdoj8ztFyZjA4t2m_pFasaKQ5NGHhFDsynEgh3EjOg5-59LNsIhoasFpC_-fSHMhAR5d0tZNqCnx6f5LOM-Oi9ZpyPMOHqLxrzWlq3c73zRm8ZJAQ2MR7lcV77BXJtDAbKgsYTqiHaO_aQDuJCfDBYEcE1Zrnqlw61cySAlk96CPsYXS8K5h2FI/s320/20230906_073646.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Even though our first day of school was on Sept 5th, we didn't actually take these pictures until Wednesday, September, 6th. Poor Ella had another one of her throwing up episodes from Monday night until Tuesday morning. She felt awful so she didn't do any work on the first day of school. Thankfully by the evening she was feeling better and on Wednesday she was right as rain. It so maddening to not understand why her body is doing this. We have doctor appts with my Naturopath, her Neurologist and a GI Specialist all within the next couple of months. Praying that we'll be able to figure out what is going on and our sweet girl doesn't have to deal with these episodes anymore! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOhJRDxAf5gzc6ElaMsDnTPwkdDbQkV-g26JsmSex_r76ID5ExC-dDDwYZzaBlnw-bDvkYwBqQhCzAZutwmEsVLZ6FzL_fLsUk2w5-bFP9poJAklzPg2ax8FY_OtXL_Cl-WZe-TNrVDgDjDPaU0mBNpT0i8B11Qd5ukEElA8r7JPLPH_VqQARagTWIHA/s4000/20230906_073711.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOhJRDxAf5gzc6ElaMsDnTPwkdDbQkV-g26JsmSex_r76ID5ExC-dDDwYZzaBlnw-bDvkYwBqQhCzAZutwmEsVLZ6FzL_fLsUk2w5-bFP9poJAklzPg2ax8FY_OtXL_Cl-WZe-TNrVDgDjDPaU0mBNpT0i8B11Qd5ukEElA8r7JPLPH_VqQARagTWIHA/s320/20230906_073711.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">She in 7th grade now! It's crazy to me to think that when we started homeschool she was only in 4th grade. Honestly it was more like 3rd grade since her 3rd grade year was so messed up. She has come so far and she's rocking it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-3nM7XAaBaGkS2V-jGm81y3nlFKTy3tItnFrLqpQrNfFGKvCKbpTM16djwCuEJMDpFoN_GflpBvT5W3y-bz0E61SbF78cdXk6tAdNN8Xbc8952AqPUagxdTV1wJwmwej8uuoaoa4iZTNSsXA4md23nWvCs5TC6EpjwzQaWe7Xz83gzEcJKZWvIldJ5M/s4000/20230906_073745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-3nM7XAaBaGkS2V-jGm81y3nlFKTy3tItnFrLqpQrNfFGKvCKbpTM16djwCuEJMDpFoN_GflpBvT5W3y-bz0E61SbF78cdXk6tAdNN8Xbc8952AqPUagxdTV1wJwmwej8uuoaoa4iZTNSsXA4md23nWvCs5TC6EpjwzQaWe7Xz83gzEcJKZWvIldJ5M/s320/20230906_073745.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Her shirt is still a little big, but not by much! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYBfXIqD9rc_kavckPURkLZOJRLE9gFfDcfMEdP2G6xkqCiLwrUKbQLrc5PScvhVJmJTqfh8WF8ZXsDQelEm44wqsuWMEK3mULINBoUdevchtyrL-L7Uqj1YK5VbCZE0AoJ8syy6p8A2QyNbOpaWFS3MVFZnBbeYgm6ehpkA6ULeC-jH5jAPVUbRvOJo/s4000/20230906_073807.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYBfXIqD9rc_kavckPURkLZOJRLE9gFfDcfMEdP2G6xkqCiLwrUKbQLrc5PScvhVJmJTqfh8WF8ZXsDQelEm44wqsuWMEK3mULINBoUdevchtyrL-L7Uqj1YK5VbCZE0AoJ8syy6p8A2QyNbOpaWFS3MVFZnBbeYgm6ehpkA6ULeC-jH5jAPVUbRvOJo/s320/20230906_073807.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">We don't have any kids in elementary school anymore...he's a middle schooler! What?!?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMBRHB2pIz6oFtei9CxmmRoPROrKK4oOlJAsrF0fPFp-6LH8WbfAARmUaM0KSamivt26hBEgAfbJlJb1xIXkZdx14aj64bX4ofmnznHWHkQRZf5wGB8CFm2iqTImi_jSxsAdACXFNtp3AsrmRmXxX2wGNPDD7QTLm_-usghJN0ETGObyG8D1iy_wY2kw/s4000/20230906_073816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMBRHB2pIz6oFtei9CxmmRoPROrKK4oOlJAsrF0fPFp-6LH8WbfAARmUaM0KSamivt26hBEgAfbJlJb1xIXkZdx14aj64bX4ofmnznHWHkQRZf5wGB8CFm2iqTImi_jSxsAdACXFNtp3AsrmRmXxX2wGNPDD7QTLm_-usghJN0ETGObyG8D1iy_wY2kw/s320/20230906_073816.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">He's still got a lot of growing to do! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aCYwoYDu4cegZMLcG7j__EForZ_oI0nUBZYUULbKLEogRM6z5sG2yfEGKq_lelHkwxHYDzYSO5G38cOhIwPPCHwYlgW8Q54WVU2-IcTOGFnQVkI9WqtmdTcDlNtDsda3emmJFJQZ6cBhWANWEXsVlHi8ZfMqeEXQmfKwrqqrzn4KCaIoOWyR7BsTotw/s4000/20230906_074158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aCYwoYDu4cegZMLcG7j__EForZ_oI0nUBZYUULbKLEogRM6z5sG2yfEGKq_lelHkwxHYDzYSO5G38cOhIwPPCHwYlgW8Q54WVU2-IcTOGFnQVkI9WqtmdTcDlNtDsda3emmJFJQZ6cBhWANWEXsVlHi8ZfMqeEXQmfKwrqqrzn4KCaIoOWyR7BsTotw/s320/20230906_074158.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Owen saw Charlie outside while we were taking pictures. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQH_8iSRpji31NxalYoeiw-KIWHZiySsiEbmkejAouNn7SYGJI8n70ayqortOZZekeAU6yHbfGOQ_-uim1FPwiSq2JBAbep3nTzNZztYQVU58DwL_bL1HrzQYWxDirEjKHkz05g6BIlIuVxM1xl_tfg6wIgqhtVu9Lr0JMixVzO1AV8yT94zaqgoOuUM/s4000/20230906_074201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQH_8iSRpji31NxalYoeiw-KIWHZiySsiEbmkejAouNn7SYGJI8n70ayqortOZZekeAU6yHbfGOQ_-uim1FPwiSq2JBAbep3nTzNZztYQVU58DwL_bL1HrzQYWxDirEjKHkz05g6BIlIuVxM1xl_tfg6wIgqhtVu9Lr0JMixVzO1AV8yT94zaqgoOuUM/s320/20230906_074201.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Our school mascot needed to be in the first day of school pictures. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0wTXqlEnHrd9WwKiFNNJULEQdXsY9AIZwWcYtI5kW89XuTQ_U-GNItP6IrvjzMlrXbYgBKNtfUe_1XMfyX0Z0e7Bt0eyCr3FToOGBe-EkspjF3pkyDTqdu9rLSaTSh4ucssA3YVimD3CD6i2HAN-nCQBcLYpQbiCvmnoGG-1UW16KkhvqZaL9J6LGYU/s4000/20230906_074206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0wTXqlEnHrd9WwKiFNNJULEQdXsY9AIZwWcYtI5kW89XuTQ_U-GNItP6IrvjzMlrXbYgBKNtfUe_1XMfyX0Z0e7Bt0eyCr3FToOGBe-EkspjF3pkyDTqdu9rLSaTSh4ucssA3YVimD3CD6i2HAN-nCQBcLYpQbiCvmnoGG-1UW16KkhvqZaL9J6LGYU/s320/20230906_074206.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">He wasn't quite interested though. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqC_pTKvUglnWEiZ-oWqlvKuSz5kPr3HBh_ihbzGM1tVngxkbrp2J95aeCrbVmhXtRkcdBEY5hhSPbjRNlA-AOFZoMKXRNByDUMb-UU48KTgg2Vxv5Wl99m5hAFrv5dS56NWYYbwogWNuhE5z-uNexsnKjwkFl6DHxCjARVriWPuByyiupsbScB97nnQ/s4000/20230906_074208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqC_pTKvUglnWEiZ-oWqlvKuSz5kPr3HBh_ihbzGM1tVngxkbrp2J95aeCrbVmhXtRkcdBEY5hhSPbjRNlA-AOFZoMKXRNByDUMb-UU48KTgg2Vxv5Wl99m5hAFrv5dS56NWYYbwogWNuhE5z-uNexsnKjwkFl6DHxCjARVriWPuByyiupsbScB97nnQ/s320/20230906_074208.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">This was the best I thought I was going to get! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWO04jSoi5EaKISJH399h_Mvk6ci71L2nJoMiCHmzSAwgN4WfH7wjxeNbQ_mvzVZjkxNMBw7d0aEERP93dPRd7jYieQ2vti6K1hE-sB4C3xUX9DRBknb8syJJngKk86G5Jx5MaLWOTlWAthjrflJD7OBjZSO_7JDrZKrdnX1Ma34qVCNZgm_-EahH-u9s/s4000/20230906_074224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWO04jSoi5EaKISJH399h_Mvk6ci71L2nJoMiCHmzSAwgN4WfH7wjxeNbQ_mvzVZjkxNMBw7d0aEERP93dPRd7jYieQ2vti6K1hE-sB4C3xUX9DRBknb8syJJngKk86G5Jx5MaLWOTlWAthjrflJD7OBjZSO_7JDrZKrdnX1Ma34qVCNZgm_-EahH-u9s/s320/20230906_074224.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">But Owen wrangled him, but Charlie almost made a break for it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-U7Hwas8lv35dGLauvvA2WeWYW_BP4vZCMksnNZ6YbJIOnojRNEwnWE66rZrJw00ZhNBuPnTatUKY73us0Q-w7z4SW0XRDtUglo_wpA3d4cIjZpkMqhM17cVCFVqtx6eSc4odr3hcawGzLd3rP4hxg-2ptRIRcvydVl3TGVVMZdWo2u5MNLzzcdDLIqo/s4000/20230906_074232(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-U7Hwas8lv35dGLauvvA2WeWYW_BP4vZCMksnNZ6YbJIOnojRNEwnWE66rZrJw00ZhNBuPnTatUKY73us0Q-w7z4SW0XRDtUglo_wpA3d4cIjZpkMqhM17cVCFVqtx6eSc4odr3hcawGzLd3rP4hxg-2ptRIRcvydVl3TGVVMZdWo2u5MNLzzcdDLIqo/s320/20230906_074232(0).jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">But Owen persevered and we got a class picture with our mascot! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLEBaFN_yNTZWsDK6vQLYzMzhtMDAdZSFCfngAXWddlbcW9glb2mZguxb1ySTPhxS0TgaYwalmIQ-YV1l4bZF96oz8oXG5jN7cTbdSQClKOi3K05jKOhCq_oBr10iM1dwQOlsq9rW1XckFHG3DyIdOWnoON_hJULePDARy1nVHM_1CXIMrHav5r6FNto/s320/20230906_074248.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Buddies! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AXYXgaicSNyP_1HeasnV_xoVBuWfh4Iv6tzUMMd0qvO-elcJV_TVkcmzX6Pvbt9dCgS-r8JeGIMtcEcobV5N1fOjCnxI9SPHZ3Pr1FHRV-8XF3EUkMKb5YLNicw2ShztcfNhNbgSSbrxV8tIj57Yv58ViyM2UhVZsowHAxrgxY7keMbX3rCaqnWbDrY/s4000/20230906_074310.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AXYXgaicSNyP_1HeasnV_xoVBuWfh4Iv6tzUMMd0qvO-elcJV_TVkcmzX6Pvbt9dCgS-r8JeGIMtcEcobV5N1fOjCnxI9SPHZ3Pr1FHRV-8XF3EUkMKb5YLNicw2ShztcfNhNbgSSbrxV8tIj57Yv58ViyM2UhVZsowHAxrgxY7keMbX3rCaqnWbDrY/s320/20230906_074310.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Thankfully this years first day of school pictures went off without a hitch! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: verdana;">Always gotta have one selfie with the teacher! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Later that day I was taking the kids out for back to school shopping. It just hadn't worked out to go until then and honestly the kids didn't need much. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnOZYlSsX-COhuAVKFxctQWXqvcNcAMYNZFVFkCfpHQGrDOSrqGt8ZFPySS_yvj8nFsOGjSvWqFr3olTsI7PV_WHAVVu3PZKrXbjBG3HoPV82fyJ2jqFRT9FQy22AjrAL_g7wnGpOxpvmfXiyjQzEXcwCwPVMrkeYwgm6Iy3kp3GTC3vxLkHPc6SM6JA/s4000/20230906_124116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnOZYlSsX-COhuAVKFxctQWXqvcNcAMYNZFVFkCfpHQGrDOSrqGt8ZFPySS_yvj8nFsOGjSvWqFr3olTsI7PV_WHAVVu3PZKrXbjBG3HoPV82fyJ2jqFRT9FQy22AjrAL_g7wnGpOxpvmfXiyjQzEXcwCwPVMrkeYwgm6Iy3kp3GTC3vxLkHPc6SM6JA/s320/20230906_124116.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">I was going over the list for each of the kids and noticed something funny added to the end of Jack's portion of it. The crazy thing is at first I thought it was real so I asked Jack...why do you need a Secret Agent Outfit? He was so confused! Jackson is actually going to be in a skit at our church coming up in October so I thought that he honestly needed a costume for it. That's when I noticed that the writing was just a little different from Jack's. I took this picture and texted Michael to ask him he was going to go shopping with me to pick up this Secret Agent Outfit. He thought I would get a kick out of it! He's so silly! </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-53329764064467336132023-09-03T07:00:00.022-07:002023-09-22T10:11:24.774-07:00Ear Piercing & Back To School Bash! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Back when we visited Logan in July there was a possibility that Jen and Logan would be coming out west for a few days at the very end of August. As it got closer I hadn't heard from Jen. I knew that they had a lot going on and there had been quite a few wild fires around Spokane so I thought they might have decided not to come over after all. Then on Saturday, Sept 2nd, at almost 9pm I got a text from Jen saying they were available the next day if I was still interested in Logan being with Ella when she got her 2nd hole pierced. Of course!!!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I was actually able to go onto Claire's website and book an appt for the next day at 1pm. Logan and Jen weren't able to get to church until around 11:45ish which was perfect since that's about the time church gets out. I told Jen that I wasn't going to tell Ella about Logan or getting her ears pierced, I wanted Logan to come upstairs at church and surprise her. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Ella and I volunteered in Kids Church the next day so we were heading out of the room to go downstairs. I was going out first so I saw Jen & Logan before Ella did. Then Logan came around the corner and Ella was so confused....like what is going on here? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SpA1cav_QKcJBJ2SrFo8SUmJMNA7WXSWElLNlpjRYwM5BRmz0LjH0ISzN3jVF4HvRSsYbK4bD0dqqqusNEghobU8rZVQ9js_MQb7_3kl8y-3whn9LF_Pr39-wx09J0OUgP3e4W6vVDnhho3lmvxRbCONvDb4LbENUpdyr9lOYwVOPZjabqu0k3x4KeI/s2560/Resized_20230903_114938.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SpA1cav_QKcJBJ2SrFo8SUmJMNA7WXSWElLNlpjRYwM5BRmz0LjH0ISzN3jVF4HvRSsYbK4bD0dqqqusNEghobU8rZVQ9js_MQb7_3kl8y-3whn9LF_Pr39-wx09J0OUgP3e4W6vVDnhho3lmvxRbCONvDb4LbENUpdyr9lOYwVOPZjabqu0k3x4KeI/s320/Resized_20230903_114938.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I said...."Are you ready to get your ears pierced?" She was so surprised...in a good way. It was the best reaction. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxjS3wA3dYGXzgboSGvckBZvfFm5tsDSUz4Tu83iUJlIkEz5A6_1v0sS--ZRkggydQRY0-702sjunqFozKH1g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Jen actually got it on video! I love these girls so much!!! </span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6wivHkgoW6-zRr2oYTIwdwsq8mO5eGd9P67FBpW-86NJn_qteKd2Pzs9Epsc3pz_CkAIlMtyECdYCncmaccaf-HRwSPkw8w7gewL0XiwbEttBt3TC2TNLhGSw1oLExyp0jYbzUXwS50Rp_TCOm0elrOwTKJHPM7vt65Qn6autiDXGzkuZWLOsX0WBzs/s4000/20230903_122911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6wivHkgoW6-zRr2oYTIwdwsq8mO5eGd9P67FBpW-86NJn_qteKd2Pzs9Epsc3pz_CkAIlMtyECdYCncmaccaf-HRwSPkw8w7gewL0XiwbEttBt3TC2TNLhGSw1oLExyp0jYbzUXwS50Rp_TCOm0elrOwTKJHPM7vt65Qn6autiDXGzkuZWLOsX0WBzs/s320/20230903_122911.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Ella and I rode with Jen & Logan to Southcenter Mall. We had a little bit of time to kill prior to her appt so we walked around the food court. I really wanted a pretzel, but we still went and checked out all the food areas. Nothing else really looked amazing...we also weren't super hungry so something small like a pretzel was a good choice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iWgYx2MtnFemzZQseOhMnm6iYIwjx3iVN8cfCgF_VmI188YdnhW5NKN2qnkaUSjtfCoJNhfm4f86Q4d4yGIFQeLXc-Z9cuTaPena3d-tSlvbqoTMHWhgVsYgZsXyTaqYgRxVdJCkpc-PoHV4fBZr7n4DCObO9vLpKUOY17CZmtSbi0hvIIjJNgklKv0/s4000/20230903_122913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iWgYx2MtnFemzZQseOhMnm6iYIwjx3iVN8cfCgF_VmI188YdnhW5NKN2qnkaUSjtfCoJNhfm4f86Q4d4yGIFQeLXc-Z9cuTaPena3d-tSlvbqoTMHWhgVsYgZsXyTaqYgRxVdJCkpc-PoHV4fBZr7n4DCObO9vLpKUOY17CZmtSbi0hvIIjJNgklKv0/s320/20230903_122913.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">After eating, we went over to Claire's. There was one little girl in front of us, but I was able to still fill out the online forms while we waited. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4n-evLYe98VIr08AtadDPSuUXYt-SgL1K_jzcGDclDjOCUjn0seCpADkPzEqj78ewMmy0yKPV9NmNpR-1E__f4ng7_5j3P_JBc0EdkHsXsNgUcNk2gGW2ElAry8RCpjnwA0E4DrQICI14RqlGaOisybyMvjTh-QbzZ35BmxAvYjHYE6xvzXWPKWuKkxU/s4000/20230903_130653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4n-evLYe98VIr08AtadDPSuUXYt-SgL1K_jzcGDclDjOCUjn0seCpADkPzEqj78ewMmy0yKPV9NmNpR-1E__f4ng7_5j3P_JBc0EdkHsXsNgUcNk2gGW2ElAry8RCpjnwA0E4DrQICI14RqlGaOisybyMvjTh-QbzZ35BmxAvYjHYE6xvzXWPKWuKkxU/s320/20230903_130653.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Of course the girls shopped! When you get your ears pierced they give you a 20% off coupon on your whole purchase they were also having a deal where if you bought 3 things in the store you got 3 things free. It applied to the whole store. On top of that, they had a section where everything was priced at $3 each. Ella and Logan got matching wallets, Ella got earrings and a bracelet...Logan got a bunch of stuff too! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBuje33G-AGWjNyBfYHheJOWvc01Iswvf75I_WBtso0OeWjp4-MEPi2ii5PeYVvkqe5gOTio64dwyFn0mohv3FIwuZJtfPxcaccYybC2GRtTtHBOCMHQiopIEpW6pobQaXfScGslBTxK9THf6-sis9TkQOjd04wguOWwhlrY9U_V_Fr66IPvulxgkPxE/s3648/20230903_131504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBuje33G-AGWjNyBfYHheJOWvc01Iswvf75I_WBtso0OeWjp4-MEPi2ii5PeYVvkqe5gOTio64dwyFn0mohv3FIwuZJtfPxcaccYybC2GRtTtHBOCMHQiopIEpW6pobQaXfScGslBTxK9THf6-sis9TkQOjd04wguOWwhlrY9U_V_Fr66IPvulxgkPxE/s320/20230903_131504.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I asked Ella if she was nervous and she was. I told her that was one of the reasons I didn't tell her about Logan or getting her ears pierced earlier in the day. I knew she would have been consumed with nerves and not able to have fun at church. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF91nCoWpbPM44FmChJUqsPxDoslXSHb2h1G_vTkmbFQJc1-1kgO8AZBEyowErCIlspbktSJv9fkm8ZbLwR2rFE-EA4nx99OAKTCLOebHv5ZMgzM2-AA9_CNDl0PoaNHF3S8wwZYR_8njwl-DlmZqLKuHehZTQj9ZUQyDR1ndlOA8QvkjgpZZfEy29jwc/s4000/20230903_131524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF91nCoWpbPM44FmChJUqsPxDoslXSHb2h1G_vTkmbFQJc1-1kgO8AZBEyowErCIlspbktSJv9fkm8ZbLwR2rFE-EA4nx99OAKTCLOebHv5ZMgzM2-AA9_CNDl0PoaNHF3S8wwZYR_8njwl-DlmZqLKuHehZTQj9ZUQyDR1ndlOA8QvkjgpZZfEy29jwc/s320/20230903_131524.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Logan's a goober! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtUcUPKeGEniWtJe0B9ZKUzO9qD9WsibCSEKLyRAG7g-SXKP1s7d7tTSZatYKDgqRj98qNKDztXmay8d4yCGLhCJX_6tw_haDYel-vK6l7wLobkS8U-S9nNsUXxH6PhCPc76WiPnJsjtwaGK70UFNcUvTLLDIBkhz5SXNJVLmJ-f022k2GNL-fEYzzPM/s4000/20230903_131921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtUcUPKeGEniWtJe0B9ZKUzO9qD9WsibCSEKLyRAG7g-SXKP1s7d7tTSZatYKDgqRj98qNKDztXmay8d4yCGLhCJX_6tw_haDYel-vK6l7wLobkS8U-S9nNsUXxH6PhCPc76WiPnJsjtwaGK70UFNcUvTLLDIBkhz5SXNJVLmJ-f022k2GNL-fEYzzPM/s320/20230903_131921.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">After the little girl was done...boy did she cry...poor thing! It was Ella's turn. She held Logan's hand, but honestly she did great! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivt2d4to2yiBYQwi0NVA0NxSZO0pCL_9OowVXr6WewioZwYq4WS3KSLLDT4N1yKdqAdhcTVkLpTX-1lX7qZ9tuZUTYb1HQtNDqgRP7lIKtoyXeO5Pw-ZkmRRsVmvMn62gEDh89sCFw4tNGVcXIBYkZwyLV0_KSuISMsuYdG8sJDrWADkk99F5BNfAsu6k/s4000/20230903_131940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivt2d4to2yiBYQwi0NVA0NxSZO0pCL_9OowVXr6WewioZwYq4WS3KSLLDT4N1yKdqAdhcTVkLpTX-1lX7qZ9tuZUTYb1HQtNDqgRP7lIKtoyXeO5Pw-ZkmRRsVmvMn62gEDh89sCFw4tNGVcXIBYkZwyLV0_KSuISMsuYdG8sJDrWADkk99F5BNfAsu6k/s320/20230903_131940.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Yes it hurts, but it's more like an achy hurt. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZykX_Yj36NB7kc5fNGZ7xK4bq-SarVC0aylEkwvsk_Vqx4yxcdd2IVucT7xnfLqCGW-GXCeT0hrK5lDWyinPVtK28eKGkPWpejG5gRNOGPQsbdm0SAgM9mGzvAKsaQcJpZbELiiaUEdjpoEWmZzACkcWIZVOwekuGa-ZxG5BLOsEXqHKnPxiYSeNqSk/s4000/20230903_131956.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZykX_Yj36NB7kc5fNGZ7xK4bq-SarVC0aylEkwvsk_Vqx4yxcdd2IVucT7xnfLqCGW-GXCeT0hrK5lDWyinPVtK28eKGkPWpejG5gRNOGPQsbdm0SAgM9mGzvAKsaQcJpZbELiiaUEdjpoEWmZzACkcWIZVOwekuGa-ZxG5BLOsEXqHKnPxiYSeNqSk/s320/20230903_131956.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">She just breathed through the pain! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgRWIWAfpJwnkGjAAiTUPp6WHapaAPSMwy2FFsdRAukxH8OAVIu3QtVeXtcBMU71XEQLzdhvyR23YD6-BqBY74ZsS-vK3fPQuiBVbYLnz7RifK4cw2Yi2kHh83EaUzLOSQXoJLc35WXrNISPqdL0assXe-hBlJ-bSpvr4qC7nQqs1_-zedB2RCDOLSIc/s4000/20230903_131955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgRWIWAfpJwnkGjAAiTUPp6WHapaAPSMwy2FFsdRAukxH8OAVIu3QtVeXtcBMU71XEQLzdhvyR23YD6-BqBY74ZsS-vK3fPQuiBVbYLnz7RifK4cw2Yi2kHh83EaUzLOSQXoJLc35WXrNISPqdL0assXe-hBlJ-bSpvr4qC7nQqs1_-zedB2RCDOLSIc/s320/20230903_131955.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">One, Two and done! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0xyi0OGjxeegBfVk7_8rEeVLi_FEtFiYf6LpNFTRAvwvXSdtwM2hMALqJ7o4GkOLpuQpkGymrYsYDIy1dOpp2vty39ei4q9oacJhV7oyZrAuPUfTcDr7raOCL6sUYhl_97sd0EMLPbwKxYiurSA-gueyYTe6TAxRAXc8MSEVFoR0idZYbxTyVQRMCio/s4000/20230903_135549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0xyi0OGjxeegBfVk7_8rEeVLi_FEtFiYf6LpNFTRAvwvXSdtwM2hMALqJ7o4GkOLpuQpkGymrYsYDIy1dOpp2vty39ei4q9oacJhV7oyZrAuPUfTcDr7raOCL6sUYhl_97sd0EMLPbwKxYiurSA-gueyYTe6TAxRAXc8MSEVFoR0idZYbxTyVQRMCio/s320/20230903_135549.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">The ear piercing portion is free the only thing you pay for are the earrings. Which the cheapest nice earrings that she won't be allergic to that they carry and use for piercing are $65! They are just plain round silver studs. She actually really likes them a lot and heavens knows she has enough earrings so we didn't need to get anything special. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">After ear piercing Logan needed to go to a few places for back to school shopping. She was able to find a sweatshirt, but she couldn't find the shirt she really wanted. Then it was time to take us home because they needed to drive home Spokane. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58ZVIUxg84t45DG9zbhyFjYlVxtG14sHgLR-BTnQU_pP0q7oZ89tuK3XsgBNnjPyfwTX0xN0mxEaUyA0KTqzpUnQSqF_w1XTpEpbmQeLoWOPq6CwnDL8TKtlFEUgzaefofqhu651GD4KjraZPmhXCNzlrcOWZpnFExq_HNF6cysHilVd5j5gM6aD1Jzk/s2560/Resized_20230903_144640.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58ZVIUxg84t45DG9zbhyFjYlVxtG14sHgLR-BTnQU_pP0q7oZ89tuK3XsgBNnjPyfwTX0xN0mxEaUyA0KTqzpUnQSqF_w1XTpEpbmQeLoWOPq6CwnDL8TKtlFEUgzaefofqhu651GD4KjraZPmhXCNzlrcOWZpnFExq_HNF6cysHilVd5j5gM6aD1Jzk/s320/Resized_20230903_144640.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">It was a super short visit less than 4 hours, but it was such a good time. I absolutely love these girls' friendship. Logan is so crazy and outgoing while Ella is more reserved and shy. Logan's influence is so good for her....it's okay to be silly sometimes. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJC1xhml89Ny2VvCz4trd2J44CilS0G9EiFXYkPH0K3odFTE0a-NSOApvPHRBbdWQyxQ6s1j6Q-pw20Z133EbvRD4u1pW_jonOUR8Oa7h8bE3nUoMnPzn6zVqErL65hxTd_yP21JIijneHi-_h3MOaQ3wrcFA0zHAr1kFaKp0iEenF5_UJ1qm2nTFlsc/s2560/Resized_20230903_144632.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJC1xhml89Ny2VvCz4trd2J44CilS0G9EiFXYkPH0K3odFTE0a-NSOApvPHRBbdWQyxQ6s1j6Q-pw20Z133EbvRD4u1pW_jonOUR8Oa7h8bE3nUoMnPzn6zVqErL65hxTd_yP21JIijneHi-_h3MOaQ3wrcFA0zHAr1kFaKp0iEenF5_UJ1qm2nTFlsc/s320/Resized_20230903_144632.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Look at these beauties!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqGklLGdBf8cduQp6s02enLoLzq6zkY5vVc6TACrl2LdYVOwzWLx_Rmnotj8ZO2xH0DIHdNpCeJdy-Q47KaoFFtVBc3D3Rdr-SBYkpPbAE8evaY1GPNL5JH0rg0Mlhcqz61Ci30s0gEvJoGOo-982w7UHeRzfUKbJEIXBLXfb8HPx5Ir4UgAfOfRF8Ew/s2856/20130207_103606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2142" data-original-width="2856" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqGklLGdBf8cduQp6s02enLoLzq6zkY5vVc6TACrl2LdYVOwzWLx_Rmnotj8ZO2xH0DIHdNpCeJdy-Q47KaoFFtVBc3D3Rdr-SBYkpPbAE8evaY1GPNL5JH0rg0Mlhcqz61Ci30s0gEvJoGOo-982w7UHeRzfUKbJEIXBLXfb8HPx5Ir4UgAfOfRF8Ew/s320/20130207_103606.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">This above picture reminded me so much of this picture. It was taken in February 2013 over 10 years ago almost in the exact same location in our driveway!!! Look at these cuties. I love how Logan is even wearing pink in both pictures. Sweetest precious friends ever!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">After Jen and Logan were on their way we just had about an hour or so before our next adventure of the day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">We were celebrating our Back To School Bash at Red Robin with Papa & Miss Ruth! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFXYs0clNpSKCsChH8GmWTqj6pGvI2vhkmJ_5-sv4nZAd6JbrP7I3w5KmoMsR1uBUi0vI8Neim5ixJ6SWYfnnGxc3Ny6miy0m1D-AxBV1PnujcgyKDaE-yN3dhHAviyXokM2lysc5j1hLYRxIOJhXsebRlz4BFRBfG6ZvkZDdW-iI0adxqnXGz8K13BQ/s4000/20230903_171058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFXYs0clNpSKCsChH8GmWTqj6pGvI2vhkmJ_5-sv4nZAd6JbrP7I3w5KmoMsR1uBUi0vI8Neim5ixJ6SWYfnnGxc3Ny6miy0m1D-AxBV1PnujcgyKDaE-yN3dhHAviyXokM2lysc5j1hLYRxIOJhXsebRlz4BFRBfG6ZvkZDdW-iI0adxqnXGz8K13BQ/s320/20230903_171058.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Michael really wanted a Blue Moon...for some reason it just tastes so much better at Red Robin. He decided to get the stein!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVxWjthaKyqQ9FqobWA3wu4ALu4lqz8TMeh7vCA9XDIjgYYBme5swHC0Kz8w6mCvfTB-tzuOH9m4JFSEUqCkWYAYTf9lPqarAbJe3QF_Pzrs1oZuHR6WFcBwfcmLTQp76mlZc78AELAzb2FVJAb_JIsYHoM78mdmpz9guvVnYycqa5M7U6wTIufxzxPQ/s4000/20230903_171108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVxWjthaKyqQ9FqobWA3wu4ALu4lqz8TMeh7vCA9XDIjgYYBme5swHC0Kz8w6mCvfTB-tzuOH9m4JFSEUqCkWYAYTf9lPqarAbJe3QF_Pzrs1oZuHR6WFcBwfcmLTQp76mlZc78AELAzb2FVJAb_JIsYHoM78mdmpz9guvVnYycqa5M7U6wTIufxzxPQ/s320/20230903_171108.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">High Schoolers!!! 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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzzPBNq-sfHVtvmUeUUYE8T9i4Tnk1JXPuV5IqkP9epra7w6W2txp2dL0gYDJzGUSKtbCNTcrv0O99rKGbGOFnUHd5P19f9XPPy9LmvCUFxnjZ_klwQNqHk-ehZ0bmLmvWPFSI6Pjfjsc0ctk9Yg3mQd29nZTp7IpSDHAwIQ4DByuDL11OqFKRz9wClA/s4000/20230903_171116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzzPBNq-sfHVtvmUeUUYE8T9i4Tnk1JXPuV5IqkP9epra7w6W2txp2dL0gYDJzGUSKtbCNTcrv0O99rKGbGOFnUHd5P19f9XPPy9LmvCUFxnjZ_klwQNqHk-ehZ0bmLmvWPFSI6Pjfjsc0ctk9Yg3mQd29nZTp7IpSDHAwIQ4DByuDL11OqFKRz9wClA/s320/20230903_171116.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Michael and Papa!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhn9evxNaeU6D12KiSosCS3UjLkBgRkppflsZc4yiJkhFa_KveSvCTpGYDPQrWREEkhY5E6qVHf-VhvSxtG1NEyBlak-5uKIFrbhJLugwI2wRxFN9aTlpCfqJI9OLliqnpOJMAPM-xVRYI7Vw_PAD5QZStDjnl4oiTNpc14IyiCEN9rFgrLoeRWJBsak/s4000/20230903_171122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhn9evxNaeU6D12KiSosCS3UjLkBgRkppflsZc4yiJkhFa_KveSvCTpGYDPQrWREEkhY5E6qVHf-VhvSxtG1NEyBlak-5uKIFrbhJLugwI2wRxFN9aTlpCfqJI9OLliqnpOJMAPM-xVRYI7Vw_PAD5QZStDjnl4oiTNpc14IyiCEN9rFgrLoeRWJBsak/s320/20230903_171122.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I love this picture of me and Miss Ruth! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">It was so nice visiting with them...it had been quite a while since we'd seen them. Summer is always so busy! The kids are going to get to spend some more time with them later in the month though. Michael and I will be going to Poulsbo for his Water Conference! We were talking about how it's not going to be very long and no one is going to need to watch the kids if we're gone for a couple of days. Owen is almost 17 years old and driving. Next year Jack will be 16 and driving. They are so self sufficient already....it's more that we need someone there to make sure they aren't driving each other crazy. </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-11634272392801412602023-08-03T11:27:00.001-07:002023-09-21T15:31:41.478-07:00Officially Finishing The School Year! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Sometime during the summer, we get the kids' Report Cards from Lighthouse Christian Academy. Once we get those we are able to toss out all their completed work for that year. It's always nice because then I have room in my file cabinet to organize all their new work for the next year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTJPenjwvfZx0NgnqFgjw6AHUx3qvos25UZVSjImw6JF1cOTxmFpRBqWG881vhxJl8rrEvsTupIPg22oHZx8v2Yjh2uiuGfDKnpS20Pf7vlePB9GFDehdgNKhsP7eGcwbUZwZ_ORSyODwaJ4Ta4OJQucrgQ9UbzC-X1AxuEuMC9UzM2YWileMu9KWwFI/s4000/20230807_131531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTJPenjwvfZx0NgnqFgjw6AHUx3qvos25UZVSjImw6JF1cOTxmFpRBqWG881vhxJl8rrEvsTupIPg22oHZx8v2Yjh2uiuGfDKnpS20Pf7vlePB9GFDehdgNKhsP7eGcwbUZwZ_ORSyODwaJ4Ta4OJQucrgQ9UbzC-X1AxuEuMC9UzM2YWileMu9KWwFI/s320/20230807_131531.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Here's Zeke with all his work from 5th grade. He is at grade level so he only has to do 12 PACE's in each of this 6 subjects. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Zeke GPA for the year was 96% which is an A. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8RRfkZWEXDRIeRnn8ODr1ruonrr02c5JIde8DcGGOIXJWt4tojFXjszbXi5KpSpyXK1khGrMuNF5ZYTvoBiEGnDlCyOB-yJNKFa9I4fPrjkX6VR2mQRFfMyGsaUX285WX162PS1lY6wigYG_0ErJBwk1bY-vRHF-kChaYo20tR9gtxhsWveOG_52tYc/s4000/20230807_131533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8RRfkZWEXDRIeRnn8ODr1ruonrr02c5JIde8DcGGOIXJWt4tojFXjszbXi5KpSpyXK1khGrMuNF5ZYTvoBiEGnDlCyOB-yJNKFa9I4fPrjkX6VR2mQRFfMyGsaUX285WX162PS1lY6wigYG_0ErJBwk1bY-vRHF-kChaYo20tR9gtxhsWveOG_52tYc/s320/20230807_131533.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">It's still quite heavy though! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16XTmOgZxr3V5o6nSss7ZOd8tZO4-31Xac6WsHY8-9M5_wOAogvDFGMsB_zvR5EqC9hI2BfQsyeGZ28Vo2WZXnw12jZSU6zrPP4WJudqWos7jDl1L4zaCRVkpNY2nlg6hHOX_LhK4JiFGvhbT4z3ArJzuKiZbPUNhT0cyerdqdU7Y97KSLVot2mZKPYg/s4000/20230807_131549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16XTmOgZxr3V5o6nSss7ZOd8tZO4-31Xac6WsHY8-9M5_wOAogvDFGMsB_zvR5EqC9hI2BfQsyeGZ28Vo2WZXnw12jZSU6zrPP4WJudqWos7jDl1L4zaCRVkpNY2nlg6hHOX_LhK4JiFGvhbT4z3ArJzuKiZbPUNhT0cyerdqdU7Y97KSLVot2mZKPYg/s320/20230807_131549.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Here's his star chart. Each of those stars is for a PACE he completed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1dvwflGWlnbhhXANJTnmZYxwXlzU4ltLKWUHLvN57UGk3j-oWvgVbsSAM04X0pZCRR2rhlapsECcXlA06rYX2ewBOqctxhKFOLSDzj4y7aIlDb0jsp3bj7wUrlcqxvKx_GkwuWtyd4fHl6VQ4e11Mcidova3CKXWjajkhRaUAqQ7tPJnUu7vJJAjydio/s4000/20230807_132155.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1dvwflGWlnbhhXANJTnmZYxwXlzU4ltLKWUHLvN57UGk3j-oWvgVbsSAM04X0pZCRR2rhlapsECcXlA06rYX2ewBOqctxhKFOLSDzj4y7aIlDb0jsp3bj7wUrlcqxvKx_GkwuWtyd4fHl6VQ4e11Mcidova3CKXWjajkhRaUAqQ7tPJnUu7vJJAjydio/s320/20230807_132155.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Since Ella is still trying to catch up she did more than 12 PACE's in most subject. She's at grade level in Word Building and because she only has one more year of Literature and Creative Writing we didn't want to rush her so she only did 12 in each of those PACE's as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Here's all the PACE she completed by subject: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Math 13</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">English 17 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Social Studies 16</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Science 16</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Word Building 12</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Literature & Creative Writing 12 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Ella's GPA for the year is 94% which is an A.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizheeGFcF5dN5U-cbr7VU2xkRCVVg5tY8OFMaKBenyvpiLW8ptXSiD6dOSQRIK5FSFoVEZ8P8tosExUM1vyMKHBpP1AnBiFqa79ZEdPJsVGYuIeDAcl5GD1TUJxTTE3wLUL5mJeVtKvsw0VHLqDeKPK2q6l1uTEcu058YedaQMYLkZaxU2JpI6HJTCM9k/s4000/20230807_132157.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizheeGFcF5dN5U-cbr7VU2xkRCVVg5tY8OFMaKBenyvpiLW8ptXSiD6dOSQRIK5FSFoVEZ8P8tosExUM1vyMKHBpP1AnBiFqa79ZEdPJsVGYuIeDAcl5GD1TUJxTTE3wLUL5mJeVtKvsw0VHLqDeKPK2q6l1uTEcu058YedaQMYLkZaxU2JpI6HJTCM9k/s320/20230807_132157.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">She's such a hard worker! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge3_eaqiD0WzOjHIZ1mSMT6LISgId3gTteGDRWDYp8pwiz06nbrHCDIvTUK45q7cwED-J3-nvspJnE9Dg1dgi0VfksceaHIZ56rRThox0RQcC5uXq5B2meR3FPY1aJj95P3ksT3-hohFfN2MJELyYsndO3f0jy5zt5C1TZNiSuFWsPNU6NvNmr_FLoOo/s4000/20230807_132230.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge3_eaqiD0WzOjHIZ1mSMT6LISgId3gTteGDRWDYp8pwiz06nbrHCDIvTUK45q7cwED-J3-nvspJnE9Dg1dgi0VfksceaHIZ56rRThox0RQcC5uXq5B2meR3FPY1aJj95P3ksT3-hohFfN2MJELyYsndO3f0jy5zt5C1TZNiSuFWsPNU6NvNmr_FLoOo/s320/20230807_132230.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Here's her star chart...that's a lot of stars! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KoADNrv9xiFCKm0OPrG12dNcdYrxTsmsQjzXz9BXJef1ODVGByteDI3sDlWsnv77ze2DkNzPw1jdfokf6yE_FC2XbSDOE7XKi5p-Ri6ObqdOm_Edj8zV1zdRL8jHPK3yrcYjsE7xxuMpZcN4VWXC_B9xQqbfX5f0yEx4sCYLRw7jYJ07Cn5d7RSJ7XQ/s4000/20230814_100922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KoADNrv9xiFCKm0OPrG12dNcdYrxTsmsQjzXz9BXJef1ODVGByteDI3sDlWsnv77ze2DkNzPw1jdfokf6yE_FC2XbSDOE7XKi5p-Ri6ObqdOm_Edj8zV1zdRL8jHPK3yrcYjsE7xxuMpZcN4VWXC_B9xQqbfX5f0yEx4sCYLRw7jYJ07Cn5d7RSJ7XQ/s320/20230814_100922.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Owen is still trying to catch up in some areas as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">In Math according to his online report he did 21 PACE's, but I don't think that's correct. I think he finished some of those the year prior. In English he finished 18 which is a year and half worth of work. He finished the 12 PACE's of American History. He also is completely finished with Etymology & Life of Christ...he did 12 PACE's in each of those. He also had to complete a Computer Science course.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"> Owen's GPA for the year is 93% which is an A. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2i2nzM6La0vcRrZh_ZlWAC6MDnOGBkIEcmAvkY1nDZmad0-BDNjwCb4uQEZVvkDZ67zSbzEmpr__2SBYQzKkxRMub0T5ke4kmi003e5ndoo-JCajRjJMELeneSxFFUoi4T_XWoE66XVgRgu689BgSCTweyflWk-lCK5MqFECRTSSuxEu3oPrW3piw_s/s4000/20230814_101113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2i2nzM6La0vcRrZh_ZlWAC6MDnOGBkIEcmAvkY1nDZmad0-BDNjwCb4uQEZVvkDZ67zSbzEmpr__2SBYQzKkxRMub0T5ke4kmi003e5ndoo-JCajRjJMELeneSxFFUoi4T_XWoE66XVgRgu689BgSCTweyflWk-lCK5MqFECRTSSuxEu3oPrW3piw_s/s320/20230814_101113.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Jackson is still catching up a bit as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">He completed 12 PACE's in everything except Math & English. In Math he completed 16 and in English he completed 17. He also completely finished Etymology last year so he is done with that as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Jack has a GPA of 96% which is an A. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLBttm-zQFoQDJl22rpiKlslnQqQ1pU8Vk_fElWAeh7BbHuwoZZurF9Vfpd7blxMcQsNK7XqYqClxgvP15QaC7umM3PW6tI-h-P2w1pXKJABFuPgD6Mu71_GxJG8RUG6uR0isZ5KBcyjIHxdfOTaJcQMEkrZTEqpRVlivDu0xsV9vOyKdBCNODq-PZP8/s4000/20230814_101115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLBttm-zQFoQDJl22rpiKlslnQqQ1pU8Vk_fElWAeh7BbHuwoZZurF9Vfpd7blxMcQsNK7XqYqClxgvP15QaC7umM3PW6tI-h-P2w1pXKJABFuPgD6Mu71_GxJG8RUG6uR0isZ5KBcyjIHxdfOTaJcQMEkrZTEqpRVlivDu0xsV9vOyKdBCNODq-PZP8/s320/20230814_101115.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">I'm so proud of these kids and everything that they've accomplished! They work so hard and it's definitely paying off!</span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-55444823647202786272023-07-25T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-21T15:03:50.811-07:00Taidnapam Camping Trip - Day 3 & 4 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">The next day I wanted to get out and move a bit. The last time we were here we hiked up to Cathedral Falls and I thought it would be nice to do that again. Michael and Robin were up for anything so they tagged along again. Thankfully the drive to the trail head is all on a one lane gravel road so I wasn't so worried about seatbelts since we were traveling about 8 mph. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJo7uJUjzW_L_G-dONmkNhxUnwZm1rAPYCbuECvnDtLlpmQEjUjT3IkgSUv_dS3zzYMXxnJVsZMgUDyyVH60Bnh8sGNA6Y6G_uNQZ9o9o7PfFiw224dPZZ-Hj-0Go0W392U4eYC_NL-Byfc9PEh1_QOMaaUoquTWjWcddvOX4dhyqSixzR0JRat4g7xk/s4000/20230723_104916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJo7uJUjzW_L_G-dONmkNhxUnwZm1rAPYCbuECvnDtLlpmQEjUjT3IkgSUv_dS3zzYMXxnJVsZMgUDyyVH60Bnh8sGNA6Y6G_uNQZ9o9o7PfFiw224dPZZ-Hj-0Go0W392U4eYC_NL-Byfc9PEh1_QOMaaUoquTWjWcddvOX4dhyqSixzR0JRat4g7xk/s320/20230723_104916.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Right at the beginning of the trail there is this great overlook. It's so beautiful! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhS36jhAEtIZ6n8TA8mVpiPil8BNP3zxZLX3VdlyO2IWTKL2qLrsImIrzQrR7pkwgIyhLahFUSsv_efiLYPQc5pluRKJKbZc6Ykc-RiX7giWYLbW7CRQ6gkH81pnwgIA9ZEKsgesXBKklLE88ac9c25vZmKpIqADrM562L_JE0NjM3re2tiWGetAE3dzM/s4000/20230723_110335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhS36jhAEtIZ6n8TA8mVpiPil8BNP3zxZLX3VdlyO2IWTKL2qLrsImIrzQrR7pkwgIyhLahFUSsv_efiLYPQc5pluRKJKbZc6Ykc-RiX7giWYLbW7CRQ6gkH81pnwgIA9ZEKsgesXBKklLE88ac9c25vZmKpIqADrM562L_JE0NjM3re2tiWGetAE3dzM/s320/20230723_110335.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Last year when we hiked this it was over 100 degrees out so this water felt amazingly refreshing. This time around it wasn't nearly that hot. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTvr-InKlczPouNGx666oidby_8C2wGks4tUse5W6co28WV_KkA5NIPF_9BQPMHoUCD918IfFq-hcTX7l877xOFYmLINFoQAWyceijE5xRUD-8Xo7cqMaULoXBXncO1i-OVjI1nh70zNfMWfWO97RG-38NWShYQfBG42sfBzAMJXWYdF9gymyMsYeXLI/s4000/20230723_110428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTvr-InKlczPouNGx666oidby_8C2wGks4tUse5W6co28WV_KkA5NIPF_9BQPMHoUCD918IfFq-hcTX7l877xOFYmLINFoQAWyceijE5xRUD-8Xo7cqMaULoXBXncO1i-OVjI1nh70zNfMWfWO97RG-38NWShYQfBG42sfBzAMJXWYdF9gymyMsYeXLI/s320/20230723_110428.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Ella, Michael and Michael! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYRJZnJ46-0rQjj4s3japTJCt5KX6MBisODeOWQNT1elV52yUPHloEw-CAuM4K5DaxR4BGrVyYdxC02RPJ602bQF9kmNEiQrnFW2mqzu20PG1smzJlMW2ADkxA3r5JdlI72uI_-SJvYIct7LqwKJhZ4BWSfn74UdvyFWJrE9aur6SoBwBFtpw14GkJYw/s4000/20230723_110438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYRJZnJ46-0rQjj4s3japTJCt5KX6MBisODeOWQNT1elV52yUPHloEw-CAuM4K5DaxR4BGrVyYdxC02RPJ602bQF9kmNEiQrnFW2mqzu20PG1smzJlMW2ADkxA3r5JdlI72uI_-SJvYIct7LqwKJhZ4BWSfn74UdvyFWJrE9aur6SoBwBFtpw14GkJYw/s320/20230723_110438.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">It was even a bit chilly at times as you can see with Zeke wearing his pullover. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oKfVb8_xrtO_4ITbUmXuBUHSVeOSM1MhVpbyM8gb4QXOGNB4HLaeJICSvmO1HuOHxBId8WJVHldA3VDWw9_vrg4tpmeYWuP1O_zBWcK2Oq-4d2RhMWnYo9fPlghZLb1_LdyLgmOatG7DrrCNysbJILlnqe6PkjX5oqXWPfea1XxifCPmFidDlshnWkk/s4000/20230723_111356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oKfVb8_xrtO_4ITbUmXuBUHSVeOSM1MhVpbyM8gb4QXOGNB4HLaeJICSvmO1HuOHxBId8WJVHldA3VDWw9_vrg4tpmeYWuP1O_zBWcK2Oq-4d2RhMWnYo9fPlghZLb1_LdyLgmOatG7DrrCNysbJILlnqe6PkjX5oqXWPfea1XxifCPmFidDlshnWkk/s320/20230723_111356.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Here's Cathedral Falls. You can't even see it. It was just a trickle. You can barely see Michael standing on the rock outcropping. That's where the falls hits. You can see that the rocks below are wet because it was like I said trickling down, but it wasn't enough to be able to really see it at all unless you were in just the right location with the light. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOPNps0XBflAjNzyIcspvDHkcIaFLy_-u3xnBSVpKvs_JPe2XnJF2pk7c70qLzIEkHli04GYw_76hE3CVvTBdWC3sSfJWP6n_2N_zuW7GPrDv-gJEQAsJWKMSDB2bNJJ57AAxCOV2Q7imMPlrlEaH9uu-6qaD2Dlv6fgtgvVYyl0f3Z9FR6aRllAExlw/s4000/20230723_111400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOPNps0XBflAjNzyIcspvDHkcIaFLy_-u3xnBSVpKvs_JPe2XnJF2pk7c70qLzIEkHli04GYw_76hE3CVvTBdWC3sSfJWP6n_2N_zuW7GPrDv-gJEQAsJWKMSDB2bNJJ57AAxCOV2Q7imMPlrlEaH9uu-6qaD2Dlv6fgtgvVYyl0f3Z9FR6aRllAExlw/s320/20230723_111400.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Walking behind the where the falls is. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3FHLAfpn2g4qM52WsVlntLKy8awX3nV9gqkjDsFvMobtBjGiKDdt0d3gg51dBbbgjpos20PGNPsvuy21IY4FxnM5XgtGRLY0QK8EqaRb4JGD0L6jV2VQMrnHTJrW7LS0_vnL8y7mTB452BA66tm1t6lo8LI9_ia0BHEiQM0ExH1c4baaJKCFrlaIAQw/s4000/20230723_111504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3FHLAfpn2g4qM52WsVlntLKy8awX3nV9gqkjDsFvMobtBjGiKDdt0d3gg51dBbbgjpos20PGNPsvuy21IY4FxnM5XgtGRLY0QK8EqaRb4JGD0L6jV2VQMrnHTJrW7LS0_vnL8y7mTB452BA66tm1t6lo8LI9_ia0BHEiQM0ExH1c4baaJKCFrlaIAQw/s320/20230723_111504.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Resting on their thrones. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxHkx2hoIV_AVmKJQf0S5jcrf3HRU-vZjTYpgCnAZ3quiAfverVCVSMU2g-mPZuuLYD0_j9J2yJlg9raP3IOzMsRZXfQp0DjvLUydLBC9DgWEG9fx-zGwSeQpcuyV3OYW99WJh3tEQIB_THWfrNK8cnQB4thSaBJFpheldwlqgu2BVlOiM43LaI0xd6s/s4000/20230723_111651.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxHkx2hoIV_AVmKJQf0S5jcrf3HRU-vZjTYpgCnAZ3quiAfverVCVSMU2g-mPZuuLYD0_j9J2yJlg9raP3IOzMsRZXfQp0DjvLUydLBC9DgWEG9fx-zGwSeQpcuyV3OYW99WJh3tEQIB_THWfrNK8cnQB4thSaBJFpheldwlqgu2BVlOiM43LaI0xd6s/s320/20230723_111651.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Last year this is where we stopped, but we decided to see where else the trail took us. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnfFeBDSyYuwJscmVZ-hQht0mPCDQF3NPXf9zP-lAnB-2n94TtgdFb4rBy8l8RXRClBXIoJGJlsEET5iRTHJd2ochJcUwmVGEB16pWVOwe9pra-0q28lJGYAkTjvJ33oo7avHHRCDxAXNB-gOGMusXHEb54SDaxDMox4OhsjvQr9X8SkmV-EosGlY5fM/s4000/20230723_111947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnfFeBDSyYuwJscmVZ-hQht0mPCDQF3NPXf9zP-lAnB-2n94TtgdFb4rBy8l8RXRClBXIoJGJlsEET5iRTHJd2ochJcUwmVGEB16pWVOwe9pra-0q28lJGYAkTjvJ33oo7avHHRCDxAXNB-gOGMusXHEb54SDaxDMox4OhsjvQr9X8SkmV-EosGlY5fM/s320/20230723_111947.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">We saw some more little water falls. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6ejLi3EaszPTE9D9gaNBLa0crSHGFlsz0SQgo-33h46aNm_h56zn1oIrACZ854Vcn_uT1WQQoBdgy2l7B89p655BMvl2wDkVFLsXEOKTw5VM-6MXR7V1TCbJPFz0proKWO_dAvEegEvtF6BnAdhYe8VWpArWyNczQMVHUL_qPKiDYTKht_bmpCK2jm4/s4000/20230723_113019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6ejLi3EaszPTE9D9gaNBLa0crSHGFlsz0SQgo-33h46aNm_h56zn1oIrACZ854Vcn_uT1WQQoBdgy2l7B89p655BMvl2wDkVFLsXEOKTw5VM-6MXR7V1TCbJPFz0proKWO_dAvEegEvtF6BnAdhYe8VWpArWyNczQMVHUL_qPKiDYTKht_bmpCK2jm4/s320/20230723_113019.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">And we could see and hear some bigger ones down below. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_uEa3bmpjh84kZodpq-6zaVNomveVPCFBf26ERZ1vA_UVXRSvUlWNqkovrLRds_YU7dnJgGfrdVqq20hmgWv0UdJ9OqZLrKHpoysFnLVJWmG-_PfIWeEfr95FrE1zhYFdofe5Xr9EaT3S_lkbEPRjJc_gRjkelVDoyee7SQW2qaBJxl6qPQ8qqYCFP0/s4000/20230723_113706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_uEa3bmpjh84kZodpq-6zaVNomveVPCFBf26ERZ1vA_UVXRSvUlWNqkovrLRds_YU7dnJgGfrdVqq20hmgWv0UdJ9OqZLrKHpoysFnLVJWmG-_PfIWeEfr95FrE1zhYFdofe5Xr9EaT3S_lkbEPRjJc_gRjkelVDoyee7SQW2qaBJxl6qPQ8qqYCFP0/s320/20230723_113706.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">We really were wanting to get down to the main river so we were keeping a lookout for a way down. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhc-HrA3X_sEW6G5n9IinNdAnkXbMd9Jw8hH30uDBtr3QSSQ1ZqFOMyK-Yk1N7g_4k7KesxvQk2iw_gUypTmeODin3ikOR_F0W0LFfUrFK5PgtNGXBEp7n7YXF9zdqGmoD79h5QA-xqTCTW4dGL1C47DL6t1o1jCTu-pAvZECphbX9lQ5fdFJgyt0jltQ/s4000/20230723_114116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhc-HrA3X_sEW6G5n9IinNdAnkXbMd9Jw8hH30uDBtr3QSSQ1ZqFOMyK-Yk1N7g_4k7KesxvQk2iw_gUypTmeODin3ikOR_F0W0LFfUrFK5PgtNGXBEp7n7YXF9zdqGmoD79h5QA-xqTCTW4dGL1C47DL6t1o1jCTu-pAvZECphbX9lQ5fdFJgyt0jltQ/s320/20230723_114116.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Michael hiked down a bit to an area and saw that we could make it down. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxFV2YYsF4j4SFTZ4HBEwUASFOF8jGH5d4BqAd4m305YiROO-ZUERGpwIe4R1kWVSzgyXsCVctNC5gfDjVS6FN0hz-rgNjiUiBMx4syv4AS-oZ-PQVhdGTfx7XtWxqmvKJlY234zAvCWOsKfTqyGR7NwcJgyCoV7feDYbRN-ytwCGTPVsK0g7rOh_pWQ/s4000/20230723_120026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxFV2YYsF4j4SFTZ4HBEwUASFOF8jGH5d4BqAd4m305YiROO-ZUERGpwIe4R1kWVSzgyXsCVctNC5gfDjVS6FN0hz-rgNjiUiBMx4syv4AS-oZ-PQVhdGTfx7XtWxqmvKJlY234zAvCWOsKfTqyGR7NwcJgyCoV7feDYbRN-ytwCGTPVsK0g7rOh_pWQ/w300-h400/20230723_120026.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">We ended up being able to get into the middle of the river and take a rest. I absolutely love this picture of everyone. Cousin Michael was the only one that didn't actually come over to the rock island, but he's still in the picture. It's just a cool shot! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-l68wUyfYcWXRtnlzYKlSKK-3FSm9VS5VAx210ExLSyoeBiTh6PxBeL_vJNbiOOMKjg6Ap8QmG6LHDhVYugfzkzLH6C5S0bUFuYkx6z0NIsE2i2UIUUUrBTEClcusZL3EwH3SwyJERhM5_JoLVWgW0IKaK7KxBoaT4rzI5HgzjJzogtJOgfooJjofmY/s4000/20230723_120212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-l68wUyfYcWXRtnlzYKlSKK-3FSm9VS5VAx210ExLSyoeBiTh6PxBeL_vJNbiOOMKjg6Ap8QmG6LHDhVYugfzkzLH6C5S0bUFuYkx6z0NIsE2i2UIUUUrBTEClcusZL3EwH3SwyJERhM5_JoLVWgW0IKaK7KxBoaT4rzI5HgzjJzogtJOgfooJjofmY/s320/20230723_120212.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Behind where that picture was taken was this awesome fallen tree. I told Owen he should climb it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoFNNINIoZrs2Hs_xLj6IJrlMoiAlaggvyhHuB0Ald_a6SMiUy8AnGpqCseZuKZICAKQ4yv943L17pJQxjE2_ES1bwqoQYJgRCjAoXgxgBJdc6y7ZXqI_OnS5WoVrh0wD3LuILyzRnDf0VXwgHwiLvljks8lZhCcDKe17V0i5SdtWlisYIsk44eYVopg/s4000/20230723_120228.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoFNNINIoZrs2Hs_xLj6IJrlMoiAlaggvyhHuB0Ald_a6SMiUy8AnGpqCseZuKZICAKQ4yv943L17pJQxjE2_ES1bwqoQYJgRCjAoXgxgBJdc6y7ZXqI_OnS5WoVrh0wD3LuILyzRnDf0VXwgHwiLvljks8lZhCcDKe17V0i5SdtWlisYIsk44eYVopg/s320/20230723_120228.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">He was up there a ways! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">After climbing back up to the trail it was time to head back. I hadn't realized how far we'd come, but it end up being about 5.3 miles. It was a nice hike. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">By the time we got back we were hungry so we ate lunch. Around 4pm Michael wanted to head back over to the same creek we found last summer. Cousin Michael, Robin and Owen decided to hang back at the campsite. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2a3I-BHrpsio-zY4ATMxoZAhsRFkrDeHlW6AD_YLpI1u194nAVCvvQBNb8uZKGIc6vL8blxuJkzAcrHu_znCGx5312k8b4dCJHMXh9QBJqi2xifOu7DB7BK65ys7sGtHlqy3D_QyAOkqu8GZ-JVY7319AuxOgY7tD0RKq2kDG0yPqyrSOtm7LibnHWI/s4000/20230723_161349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2a3I-BHrpsio-zY4ATMxoZAhsRFkrDeHlW6AD_YLpI1u194nAVCvvQBNb8uZKGIc6vL8blxuJkzAcrHu_znCGx5312k8b4dCJHMXh9QBJqi2xifOu7DB7BK65ys7sGtHlqy3D_QyAOkqu8GZ-JVY7319AuxOgY7tD0RKq2kDG0yPqyrSOtm7LibnHWI/s320/20230723_161349.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Michael packed along his Seahawks chair so I would have a nice place to sit and read in the river. The rock island I sat on last time had become a little overgrown by this bush that's on the left side of this picture. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6TgLxamN48qK-qf4Jep211w3ZNmF4oF7J4BPldabJt8PMzGLAnwsfWs1xJRhpstB-rUyaNBiEUlPCr-kQfQcOTz7iSYSO71zhzNlsVQwlIMJYXehy88YChrqmLFm7XPvKjLF82GK40Jd0awPJPIYx3AY3PsQn3IrOF4F7xYgnFqRaQqXuihb94gzafQ/s4000/20230723_161352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6TgLxamN48qK-qf4Jep211w3ZNmF4oF7J4BPldabJt8PMzGLAnwsfWs1xJRhpstB-rUyaNBiEUlPCr-kQfQcOTz7iSYSO71zhzNlsVQwlIMJYXehy88YChrqmLFm7XPvKjLF82GK40Jd0awPJPIYx3AY3PsQn3IrOF4F7xYgnFqRaQqXuihb94gzafQ/s320/20230723_161352.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">The water was much lower than it was last year. I think because last year it was so hot the snow melt was more. Last year Michael's legs were completely under water when he sat in that same location. </span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPicY6xS23rdFx-47GrA3_oG2JSvzTs9B4TLfdwgzyAORu65Aw2TXqE6mrKzcfHkZLBHDba-CUp1vk8iSBa-XUsSJUBgu57X3TVIm6ZmBV-AhqMJTPATSyj9ct2192N5SEo9hKW3LOe5YxzYh-jYBmp0O0165h0rVDMeX1jwDbmTarxE4c6Stj5T_-9Q/s4000/20230723_161603.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPicY6xS23rdFx-47GrA3_oG2JSvzTs9B4TLfdwgzyAORu65Aw2TXqE6mrKzcfHkZLBHDba-CUp1vk8iSBa-XUsSJUBgu57X3TVIm6ZmBV-AhqMJTPATSyj9ct2192N5SEo9hKW3LOe5YxzYh-jYBmp0O0165h0rVDMeX1jwDbmTarxE4c6Stj5T_-9Q/s320/20230723_161603.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">The kids were jumping from rock to rock all down the river. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3TDP_56ZNKsOA2K0Rf1SW985GESOgrB4-ybRZC7DkVycDUkDxrGqthxOXMCDkmaFbDvadaSGIPEmXzpRyec_w8ygqPXJ8iu3shrnkao3Lxm4wd-rlejXrtBqtlkg9UsEwRTwEPJXFpD25L9YIZSCu334CWaiAOBq5FK2sSOyJQXGZSGDLZ3lF-bg5wA/s4000/20230723_161609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3TDP_56ZNKsOA2K0Rf1SW985GESOgrB4-ybRZC7DkVycDUkDxrGqthxOXMCDkmaFbDvadaSGIPEmXzpRyec_w8ygqPXJ8iu3shrnkao3Lxm4wd-rlejXrtBqtlkg9UsEwRTwEPJXFpD25L9YIZSCu334CWaiAOBq5FK2sSOyJQXGZSGDLZ3lF-bg5wA/s320/20230723_161609.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">I love letting them explore and have fun in nature. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwrwyjeA7w4DKogawMEhNcKqkd1QnBY_h6_xaIEsneChPkPDbGv6Um5UmZLQFkw3MMsNU8MV3MhwjE4exZL-AA02N_jDg20mD6gsw9MBLWb1VER8lzVt5NJ1s2DWM-868cYYPMYG_U9BaNAgeJh8pysNP0ZZ5ypw68q2yZb8moKgpYQ_SXJ1h5NVCYF0/s4000/20230723_162748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwrwyjeA7w4DKogawMEhNcKqkd1QnBY_h6_xaIEsneChPkPDbGv6Um5UmZLQFkw3MMsNU8MV3MhwjE4exZL-AA02N_jDg20mD6gsw9MBLWb1VER8lzVt5NJ1s2DWM-868cYYPMYG_U9BaNAgeJh8pysNP0ZZ5ypw68q2yZb8moKgpYQ_SXJ1h5NVCYF0/s320/20230723_162748.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Michael was trying to convince each of the kids to get all the way wet. That water was cold!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLpfBBaZfMo5WRbN11hSlge0CyWxOTf1x_zDsafDVYx2SoZ8ZLT2jkcU0mPsJmObufzT08PTrsP4mMVM4SCrqeMASPwQRyk0NDUB43Q8xjHlvVdYxxfNs_I3Yl9q5BZfOz3mUGwYnAH4Q7-KZ2bN6bvtihN2drLoaUQImvzb-44JJKEX3JWuuRPdYKYU/s2944/20230723_162802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLpfBBaZfMo5WRbN11hSlge0CyWxOTf1x_zDsafDVYx2SoZ8ZLT2jkcU0mPsJmObufzT08PTrsP4mMVM4SCrqeMASPwQRyk0NDUB43Q8xjHlvVdYxxfNs_I3Yl9q5BZfOz3mUGwYnAH4Q7-KZ2bN6bvtihN2drLoaUQImvzb-44JJKEX3JWuuRPdYKYU/s320/20230723_162802.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">I was fine just sitting there reading my book. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wiVkuSVbmv9zenj5b0nWVBxwyo4vsm1X2raQ74jwKFnRgBqyIlLjv4D-tzMXibxZ6yci8jwnxaeWnQZMr7Bg5axPZgIhtdGqF6GfuwA-oj_j66Od5Xw5XJT5MpW8h12_yb3veCH1OPXxKAcy5y2nbh6hKe_NcMkDP4ctQfcJfo3NiqKweuYl9CGqd4w/s4000/20230723_162851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wiVkuSVbmv9zenj5b0nWVBxwyo4vsm1X2raQ74jwKFnRgBqyIlLjv4D-tzMXibxZ6yci8jwnxaeWnQZMr7Bg5axPZgIhtdGqF6GfuwA-oj_j66Od5Xw5XJT5MpW8h12_yb3veCH1OPXxKAcy5y2nbh6hKe_NcMkDP4ctQfcJfo3NiqKweuYl9CGqd4w/s320/20230723_162851.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">This cute girl was trying to get her body use to the cold! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiPvVMKSR4BDZrDe1pHvFd_pN_-gZBiuVLqLm8ZpYWike5zSvQh_PkxgCCm_D7oDTfiIyFGbCAgGm4sQAlRbE7Hkzx5WSbNfdfDNb5pis8GuzG2d8bGWgxYEWrYXy7X8nyTTB9Fm_OD8oEq8VMKBBqv97Ht6msghjok7nXqTdlHlaxW3K9bEhhlzRgaw/s4000/20230723_162905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiPvVMKSR4BDZrDe1pHvFd_pN_-gZBiuVLqLm8ZpYWike5zSvQh_PkxgCCm_D7oDTfiIyFGbCAgGm4sQAlRbE7Hkzx5WSbNfdfDNb5pis8GuzG2d8bGWgxYEWrYXy7X8nyTTB9Fm_OD8oEq8VMKBBqv97Ht6msghjok7nXqTdlHlaxW3K9bEhhlzRgaw/s320/20230723_162905.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Zeke finally did it...he dunked his head! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusegjQSklz54KneSd4DH0URNqIfoVNnH8tiu-PiBkxLAl1kgoVKlLJtqxau59GjgOyyDIfhgw4tvR1zYuQo4Mol8tCEyWWY8N9ttY0Rzad1wumG6muW9pPWQy6xuwUSWoSupcs04x6jXa44z9bp6pqPXwukGfMF3HP0cptRdf16CH0F_txny_1J2d1aA/s4000/20230723_163019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusegjQSklz54KneSd4DH0URNqIfoVNnH8tiu-PiBkxLAl1kgoVKlLJtqxau59GjgOyyDIfhgw4tvR1zYuQo4Mol8tCEyWWY8N9ttY0Rzad1wumG6muW9pPWQy6xuwUSWoSupcs04x6jXa44z9bp6pqPXwukGfMF3HP0cptRdf16CH0F_txny_1J2d1aA/s320/20230723_163019.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Michael found an even nicer location to sit on than his throne. Right behind him is little waterfall that spills over onto his back. He said it felt like a massage from jets...it was all bubbly. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq424uwww76ccGZ5BDzxgoAvHDK2ZhbyA154fuJG3Mb6OJSXUp3doOkDt9j1F0PnzLuXiTxFtE91fBWdlG_m6tcXv_w1LkUtEa7nj7KwHfvhL8rTKzBH2-gRnCx16gKO9JCCjbCW8REUc_OGB3Lzp0sSXEWYHvHAIaFHYuryTD13hmIHknZg3xuMBXbBg/s4000/20230723_163028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq424uwww76ccGZ5BDzxgoAvHDK2ZhbyA154fuJG3Mb6OJSXUp3doOkDt9j1F0PnzLuXiTxFtE91fBWdlG_m6tcXv_w1LkUtEa7nj7KwHfvhL8rTKzBH2-gRnCx16gKO9JCCjbCW8REUc_OGB3Lzp0sSXEWYHvHAIaFHYuryTD13hmIHknZg3xuMBXbBg/s320/20230723_163028.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Mother nature all to ourselves! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1pXZ-wh7QWj0ajVFYe3ZzCISLEwWuXzi13iAHq2b45HQYPkqAJYU0Zx5XQiW5Zbeow93ckuFeyt7W-ztjNu6CuNxGo2r58OpAtznvdRJxqQ6LICOLpzlvRWmOEbKgJqC-sUIA1DKw0hDRyCn7wdNZfQs_FqUk5sNLkad8pdvXGzAYBHZXOjl-WxVTSo/s4000/20230723_163130.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1pXZ-wh7QWj0ajVFYe3ZzCISLEwWuXzi13iAHq2b45HQYPkqAJYU0Zx5XQiW5Zbeow93ckuFeyt7W-ztjNu6CuNxGo2r58OpAtznvdRJxqQ6LICOLpzlvRWmOEbKgJqC-sUIA1DKw0hDRyCn7wdNZfQs_FqUk5sNLkad8pdvXGzAYBHZXOjl-WxVTSo/s320/20230723_163130.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">After a while Michael and Zeke decided to go all the way to the end of the river where it spills out into the reservoir. We knew it wasn't that far down. When they came back up it was time to pack up and head back to camp to make dinner. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">That night was more of the same...playing games, sitting around the fire and enjoying time with family. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLM8_HDzLotiRxWssnrcVmZJvIVPKPMMkETUkZKiNmHyM6CNLgUEunl26OYMybzitgZFydRav6CvKDOnL3eG_a689KgqOWDbEWvkqc8KiMWOaGho7LiVpeU2X8-cVOO0bVtxmh3ofPhIPtRVq22XG-QRLzL3F3cBtQNvkuqiSAPt2qOpGZlmVND5VgaI/s4000/20230724_124845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLM8_HDzLotiRxWssnrcVmZJvIVPKPMMkETUkZKiNmHyM6CNLgUEunl26OYMybzitgZFydRav6CvKDOnL3eG_a689KgqOWDbEWvkqc8KiMWOaGho7LiVpeU2X8-cVOO0bVtxmh3ofPhIPtRVq22XG-QRLzL3F3cBtQNvkuqiSAPt2qOpGZlmVND5VgaI/s320/20230724_124845.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">The next day the weather wasn't very nice it was definitely on the cooler side. I did want to go on a nice walk around the campground though. So Zeke, Michael and I set out to circumnavigate the grounds. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oTnVU4eKWB2ChqczCAYjFZwNO5A8ndLrshxiiw_vl5GNDD1jhUzNDF9oCGAg5_ZYE1kkDxjVK8OhHdlPuIeG0iJ1UmQgT5vxGmkf9J5qPpBjU60XcGl_4tGNwjHSdUT8hZ6KM0NBxTjDbzccJqjQaxPdd_RC43rbFf4_zWkMFiJs7ac2nYkFlbwz5nw/s4000/20230724_124904.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oTnVU4eKWB2ChqczCAYjFZwNO5A8ndLrshxiiw_vl5GNDD1jhUzNDF9oCGAg5_ZYE1kkDxjVK8OhHdlPuIeG0iJ1UmQgT5vxGmkf9J5qPpBjU60XcGl_4tGNwjHSdUT8hZ6KM0NBxTjDbzccJqjQaxPdd_RC43rbFf4_zWkMFiJs7ac2nYkFlbwz5nw/s320/20230724_124904.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">We came over to fishing bridge to check it out. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmRp1HpbobFieNInMrOL1cKEJBouwzS5uTmkD-Yw-2j0ndZKaqyTj9iNh1-kYdeZqhTQ5U0Rk1ZlYxFniTIqnk6UJIMO5SjRKi6qWSOvXtNhb-NOmuL9bXBk14UgQHCNT3o0t8-g3jhrrD__wxy5XVk9fiDvvQyqIHIJ_9-lLNtgbhdPb2edUyZVK--8/s4000/20230724_125350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmRp1HpbobFieNInMrOL1cKEJBouwzS5uTmkD-Yw-2j0ndZKaqyTj9iNh1-kYdeZqhTQ5U0Rk1ZlYxFniTIqnk6UJIMO5SjRKi6qWSOvXtNhb-NOmuL9bXBk14UgQHCNT3o0t8-g3jhrrD__wxy5XVk9fiDvvQyqIHIJ_9-lLNtgbhdPb2edUyZVK--8/w400-h300/20230724_125350.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Here is the map that shows how the river flows into the different reservoirs. This is all part of the Tacoma Power Parks. Taidnapam is on the far right end of Riffe Lake and Mossy Rock is over the far left side of the lake. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">That last night it actually started to rain so we turned in earlier than usual. In the night I got woken up by something, but I couldn't tell what it was I just knew something was wrong. I was looking around in the trailer, but couldn't see anything. The whole time we'd been camping at Taidnapam I had left the window by my head a little bit unzipped. I was trying to look outside to see if I could see anything and then I heard a whisper....mama.....mama. It was Jackson and he freaked me out. They didn't tie the rainfly correctly and he woke up with his sleeping bag all wet. In the middle of the night Michael had to get up and lay the dining table down into a bed so Jack could sleep inside. Lesson learned...tie the rainfly down correctly next time. ;) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Of course the next morning it was still damp out so we had to pack everything up and it was all wet. Per my MO I didn't take any pictures on the last day of camp. When we got home we had to unpack and then reset up everything so it could properly dry. Our front yard looked hilarious! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">It was so much fun camping with Michael & Robin that we are going with them again later in September. </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-75673784520189805132023-07-23T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-21T14:27:44.619-07:00Taidnapam Camping Trip - Day 1 & 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Just day and a half after getting home from Spokane we were back on the road. This time to Taidnapam to go camping with Michael's cousins...Michael and Robin. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Our trip to the campground took about twice as long as it should have. Not because of traffic, but because we had so many stops along the way. Our first stop was at CFA to eat lunch, then we went to Ga-Ga & Pa's to pick up the inflatable paddleboard I had ordered online and accidentally had shipped to their house. After that we made a stop at Bill & Christina's house to pick up their two kayaks to take on the trip. There was a mix up involved with that so it took a bit longer than we though. In the end it was A-Okay and we got to the campground just a little bit after we were hoping too! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3Ir4DP4eskH7bf4xYiBGGX3cl1ARshMJMpkrmx6M2bqgh-ZBAhzYt0yJXTy4YuuS-gEZXcp2a82FUwJwicUdZzrlqsesfL4A1SxiwG5CtsUbv1QX5uONE1BT_bJhsi6BOn6nt8MnYJc4fnNMJxX2HD6hEsIFnJj7q6ObTmvZGu_RAilKqDVzNOqLGa0/s4000/20230721_162115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3Ir4DP4eskH7bf4xYiBGGX3cl1ARshMJMpkrmx6M2bqgh-ZBAhzYt0yJXTy4YuuS-gEZXcp2a82FUwJwicUdZzrlqsesfL4A1SxiwG5CtsUbv1QX5uONE1BT_bJhsi6BOn6nt8MnYJc4fnNMJxX2HD6hEsIFnJj7q6ObTmvZGu_RAilKqDVzNOqLGa0/s320/20230721_162115.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Setting up camp this time went SO much better than it has been in the past. It's so nice that the kids can be so helpful and it's even better when they don't argue! Jack and Owen are setting up their tent. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODZn4EZtA6ZN5SjmIQNWaims3uz88LBGDFVBsJQirkkeUCI6vgvZnBjiMDeaLKaMSHZs4l6Y0u1xp3T3LH_mR1-LJiidbCa39d4-umYu6-ZYmpCy6i7YH-YR2UuUYR7IsbkInf7KcLeAqhwVV_2xmnaioa3ugqLVC72NoeKUtSnwHEZFGLZqZPIqBhUA/s4000/20230721_162119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODZn4EZtA6ZN5SjmIQNWaims3uz88LBGDFVBsJQirkkeUCI6vgvZnBjiMDeaLKaMSHZs4l6Y0u1xp3T3LH_mR1-LJiidbCa39d4-umYu6-ZYmpCy6i7YH-YR2UuUYR7IsbkInf7KcLeAqhwVV_2xmnaioa3ugqLVC72NoeKUtSnwHEZFGLZqZPIqBhUA/s320/20230721_162119.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Ella's helping put together the side table that Daddy uses next to his Blackstone. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQrigKB6hwW5dL__CGRAGlKNy5st7zJaARTkSgizuxF0TkULzkN8MoiM6n8vOxTaJc4fbeKAmLWEEU7OLMTkrb-bGQGtdNMbdtS16WImGKBvTRr09qHQSHhZ0M9ybo6X3dBMezP1fNRqr3AUuzmUituJ-D7emDMak5L5hneI50_lfVCXLhK8JvFZqFNg/s4000/20230721_162126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQrigKB6hwW5dL__CGRAGlKNy5st7zJaARTkSgizuxF0TkULzkN8MoiM6n8vOxTaJc4fbeKAmLWEEU7OLMTkrb-bGQGtdNMbdtS16WImGKBvTRr09qHQSHhZ0M9ybo6X3dBMezP1fNRqr3AUuzmUituJ-D7emDMak5L5hneI50_lfVCXLhK8JvFZqFNg/s320/20230721_162126.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Daddy and Zeke are working on putting together my upper shelves in the kitchen. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48FAqHDTEPON4kyVqNP67xgiqNIrAglr_PpuOUMW03UdY39J-8MqrV92lddU2hMK1UTW4KtDcUSGxc9qt7Htr4E1CN-sZQAJfd5w6CLzRSKMtF7MTpHXufPLtBQvX3qIDWV1fLg03C2ccjiQAvp10Fz7PO3jJnqTWpjZpyAxXjrWkcwY-kKjSNhu7VCQ/s4000/20230721_180947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48FAqHDTEPON4kyVqNP67xgiqNIrAglr_PpuOUMW03UdY39J-8MqrV92lddU2hMK1UTW4KtDcUSGxc9qt7Htr4E1CN-sZQAJfd5w6CLzRSKMtF7MTpHXufPLtBQvX3qIDWV1fLg03C2ccjiQAvp10Fz7PO3jJnqTWpjZpyAxXjrWkcwY-kKjSNhu7VCQ/s320/20230721_180947.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Michael cooking up some yummy BBQ chicken. Since we had that small issue of undercooked meat at Oasis this time he used his thermometer to make sure each piece was done. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgmJAFmK3KH17bAX1yBYByQUiBHBOjjKOXhpYx8k5cRc8eASUqwZwtAL96bYWWEqIWp4i7mpn7Z4X7niJ4U7uDz_wcHLoogXdXahZFAxrsVGbukO8Vid_Kg5D7T7AAqvycUfCFq19LtqfAdvM4p6DbfyVtsCk89SmzXDof6v_anyqiugs4dqS5_-CSh8/s4000/20230721_180957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgmJAFmK3KH17bAX1yBYByQUiBHBOjjKOXhpYx8k5cRc8eASUqwZwtAL96bYWWEqIWp4i7mpn7Z4X7niJ4U7uDz_wcHLoogXdXahZFAxrsVGbukO8Vid_Kg5D7T7AAqvycUfCFq19LtqfAdvM4p6DbfyVtsCk89SmzXDof6v_anyqiugs4dqS5_-CSh8/s320/20230721_180957.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Setting the table! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQu1yVqUaxPf2h3gIkTTTCxY1P_O0blqtNYVfeq5lXmUO_PT6twFTh1XJVA36EXJqESZlTyjCbYhguO-Orc4N02hCx9Nm0ht8xMCwMXtxXPht12aLFht-0HqqyfC1ZgYS09pBVjNjjv-2RARcsZI0rOtmMYVLz9o8HkguVrXfOd2q7FygHNvWnnCm_Zs/s4000/20230721_181003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQu1yVqUaxPf2h3gIkTTTCxY1P_O0blqtNYVfeq5lXmUO_PT6twFTh1XJVA36EXJqESZlTyjCbYhguO-Orc4N02hCx9Nm0ht8xMCwMXtxXPht12aLFht-0HqqyfC1ZgYS09pBVjNjjv-2RARcsZI0rOtmMYVLz9o8HkguVrXfOd2q7FygHNvWnnCm_Zs/s320/20230721_181003.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Time to relax!! Yes please!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMul_hSq409cNUwS_UKShHdcRqIVaYNhdIo54NoDBCevbw-Y378Vs109cCrQb8wqtfTUNP9hwElNnDxI2lOlfJGvFL3jhb15pBFpGY7F9p6PA5ZRKh5Fxtw3zi6oW30-nQOCyI38St_i3urbIC5Z2qkvpz-ZQHJ0zS_Eli2KVa4XYxReSaNvuCxyfrug/s4000/20230721_200003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMul_hSq409cNUwS_UKShHdcRqIVaYNhdIo54NoDBCevbw-Y378Vs109cCrQb8wqtfTUNP9hwElNnDxI2lOlfJGvFL3jhb15pBFpGY7F9p6PA5ZRKh5Fxtw3zi6oW30-nQOCyI38St_i3urbIC5Z2qkvpz-ZQHJ0zS_Eli2KVa4XYxReSaNvuCxyfrug/s320/20230721_200003.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Michael and Robin's site was right next to our. These sites are more woodsy than Copalis, but there was a nice little trail between the sites. We had a nice time playing Five Crowns after dinner. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">The next day we packed up a picnic lunch and the truck with all our floating devises. Owen had already aired up the paddleboard....he loves paddleboards. I had bought a small two person inflatable boat back in 2019 thinking we might use it on our camping trip, but we never did. We brought that along as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Michael and Robin's tent is actually attached to their truck so it's hard to go anywhere ones they set up camp. We decided to head over to Mossy Rock State Park because the access to the water is way better. There honestly is no easy way to get into Riffe Lake from Taidnapam since the water level in the reservoir is so low. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">The state park was about a 39 minute drive away. At first Michael and Robin were going to ride in the back of the truck, but we didn't feel good about that. Besides the back was filled with so much already it would have been difficult for them to sit back there. So we squeezed 8 people into our 6 passenger truck. Owen, Jack, Michael and Robin were in the back. Michael, Ella, Zeke and I were in the front. On our way there we ended up having to stop twice to fix the straps. Once because the boats shifted and then another time because one of the straps just came off. Once we finally got that all straightened out we were on the road again. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">We were just talking and driving down HWY 12 doing 55 mph when my seatbelt locked up and started to dig into my throat. It was not comfortable because I was twisted in my seat to accommodate Zeke....he was sharing the seatbelt with me. The only way to unlock the seatbelt is to take it off, retract it in and then pull it out again. I unclicked the seatbelt and had it halfway retracted when I heard Michael say, "Oh deer" and then I saw movement on the driver side of the truck. It all happened so fast! Since I wasn't buckled I grabbed the top of the truck with my right hand while using my left hand as a seatbelt for Zeke. All the while I squeezed my eyes shut and screamed. I was just sure a deer was going to come through the windshield and that the airbags were going to go off. Michael immediately slammed on his breaks. But the deer hit us or we hit her. Michael was able to pull over to the side of the HWY so we could get out and inspect the damage to the vehicle and each other. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSCRpOVWl3FpbiRVLUaik1HDhuTImInGjKIZCTDCDfD1jV9SzHEBgiSjefQL1yaSxsu3iwmNHu7yL6NxdMpJJJJksj27orKf5OHJzuA8q3ABkPxFyyetcJIfVB2wwUQIAsLiyyiM2pMh3a6PpCZZg5CR08f-V7UEC11YTSAzudTqsIQCRmQwcIbiHCRc/s4000/20230722_123920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSCRpOVWl3FpbiRVLUaik1HDhuTImInGjKIZCTDCDfD1jV9SzHEBgiSjefQL1yaSxsu3iwmNHu7yL6NxdMpJJJJksj27orKf5OHJzuA8q3ABkPxFyyetcJIfVB2wwUQIAsLiyyiM2pMh3a6PpCZZg5CR08f-V7UEC11YTSAzudTqsIQCRmQwcIbiHCRc/s320/20230722_123920.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">The vehicle was bad, but honestly it could have been worse. Thankfully the deer didn't go through the windshield. She actually hit the truck, spun around and banged into the bummer before landing on the side of the road. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUu7AXEmybdCTDxH_Dw7GGgfYRbX139U9AmJmWhoEfUf-S-gqUmyH5TE89wcp5I1sMPhWsY23y4vc7vCi95nwpIufOchpXW2J9o1jk3lp4zni6hgv2mCessr1rEGxL6UXv1TQaISVJOqgHVjvFIEqCW9NwvRvI5tGQLIk8gEWkyDrUz8Mm0E4ZmGonJlI/s4000/20230722_123924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUu7AXEmybdCTDxH_Dw7GGgfYRbX139U9AmJmWhoEfUf-S-gqUmyH5TE89wcp5I1sMPhWsY23y4vc7vCi95nwpIufOchpXW2J9o1jk3lp4zni6hgv2mCessr1rEGxL6UXv1TQaISVJOqgHVjvFIEqCW9NwvRvI5tGQLIk8gEWkyDrUz8Mm0E4ZmGonJlI/s320/20230722_123924.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Michael was taking pictures of the truck and then he went and checked on the deer. He didn't want her to suffer, but she was already dead.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBj76vQrKfLnohXoV6rcrYEyGAgxVlSkiwgChPuSA1v2gF-ch2_l2rvotfZ4_FwBSb1WDblZMklCvRleiMJiVjXDRn5RXkRMfV_8WlQKriCsNO4IR44HXykF-FoVJSk4zGeYS0wqLVkRBs0RAfcjRi8x39DiVFKCCOOqZ6MXvafX0PMXlurXgGpLC8F5s/s4000/20230722_124001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBj76vQrKfLnohXoV6rcrYEyGAgxVlSkiwgChPuSA1v2gF-ch2_l2rvotfZ4_FwBSb1WDblZMklCvRleiMJiVjXDRn5RXkRMfV_8WlQKriCsNO4IR44HXykF-FoVJSk4zGeYS0wqLVkRBs0RAfcjRi8x39DiVFKCCOOqZ6MXvafX0PMXlurXgGpLC8F5s/s320/20230722_124001.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"> I was dealing with the kids. Zeke was shook up, but Ella was the worst. She saw the whole thing happen since she was sitting right next to Michael. She had so much adrenaline pulsing through her veins she was shaking like crazy...so was I. She also was super emotional about the deer. I held her and let her cry a bit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Everyone in the back was fine even though only Owen had his seatbelt on. I didn't know that prior to the accident! I thought they were sharing seatbelts likes we were up front. Although Zeke and I didn't have ours on at the time of impact. So in all out of 8 people only 3 were belted in during the crash. Thank you Jesus for keeping us safe! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Zeke just wanted to turn around and go back to the campground, but I was adamant that we continue on. We needed to make good memories and not just have this horrible thing ruin our whole day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Thankfully the truck was drivable and it didn't like there was any wrong mechanical all at it was just cosmetic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">So off to Mossy Rock we went. We got there without any more incidents. We did found out that we didn't have to pay to get into the park since we were staying at Taidnapam so that was cool. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIVkJuMhQKwaSxcE7bJolNVVLQFowU2X_HaJ3HahdeVfssju8oH_cefZXOgqqhWouyKf4th8vtL29pU5Q-i1b3jHFy_EV2R48EMfb2Z4TBwOpOkhTDt7I3JISB676d7Bg5loihLop2eBeTd5bqIci-ctxuCqUDyPxZ1YJz6GNv0TeelWake81a5RNK8w/s4000/20230722_130828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIVkJuMhQKwaSxcE7bJolNVVLQFowU2X_HaJ3HahdeVfssju8oH_cefZXOgqqhWouyKf4th8vtL29pU5Q-i1b3jHFy_EV2R48EMfb2Z4TBwOpOkhTDt7I3JISB676d7Bg5loihLop2eBeTd5bqIci-ctxuCqUDyPxZ1YJz6GNv0TeelWake81a5RNK8w/s320/20230722_130828.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">At first we parked up by the trees, but then we saw this handicap parking below and we asked if we could just unload down there so we didn't have to haul everything so far. They said that was just fine. So Michael pulled down there we unloaded and started packing it down to the beach. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZwTHyFXDUtL-hgGjrkg-KD21A71DDInClQHAeA3CCrvGAM3CZWHMc7TmIrMRpQh8waMPcf1HBIcSKCYM77TPJ0EA_jseEz__9voOfp5diOMGR7f3Lf27Xys44wh6KlMSuAePEQscuoJ_rgJtOOY8YkfgZsxeqitIZ7WhDT9BDjxf281RfUHr7YKQBjo/s4000/20230722_135214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZwTHyFXDUtL-hgGjrkg-KD21A71DDInClQHAeA3CCrvGAM3CZWHMc7TmIrMRpQh8waMPcf1HBIcSKCYM77TPJ0EA_jseEz__9voOfp5diOMGR7f3Lf27Xys44wh6KlMSuAePEQscuoJ_rgJtOOY8YkfgZsxeqitIZ7WhDT9BDjxf281RfUHr7YKQBjo/s320/20230722_135214.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">What looks like sand from afar and even in this picture isn't actually sand. It's just hard dirt. It use to be under the water when the reservoir was full. It's also the kind of dirt that is extremely slippery when it gets wet so getting down to the shoreline is challenging. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECsywRi9Ftrb9o-VCPNam_RXlIPvZi6PCYKWiBE476etePUCzkY_r7iQ2HVTQSfKMu5ZAJBxe3TO_wMZrHHsT1EbVZel65ZWuxZGx83i7UM2c4pV4HzsgI7hu0kt55hsjuZYcf-ZPf6HLy_83ZXk5Iw7XhEYuSf8GZo5HrTW9JvrRuXp1r0XAOWPEtDk/s4000/20230722_135231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECsywRi9Ftrb9o-VCPNam_RXlIPvZi6PCYKWiBE476etePUCzkY_r7iQ2HVTQSfKMu5ZAJBxe3TO_wMZrHHsT1EbVZel65ZWuxZGx83i7UM2c4pV4HzsgI7hu0kt55hsjuZYcf-ZPf6HLy_83ZXk5Iw7XhEYuSf8GZo5HrTW9JvrRuXp1r0XAOWPEtDk/s320/20230722_135231.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">So much so Michael was warning the kids about it while he walked down there and one minute he was standing and the next he was in the water. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrh61x8rVo4hDOyzP2xqe3RCSnmqkRMvIdJU82BSC8kfFNN8wDhMheyHYjSS2TRkiJcPMSTnMQFjWpok4339-q5vkxKTbFTML10ysYpNKkCovLyv9fDxUWmzip5EdlK6O-4Owp4Ky3fLQDRlxd95WZYhk2Nuvp87eIHzzGHGFCaa1spkF1riBLuYPPgc/s3648/20230722_135245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrh61x8rVo4hDOyzP2xqe3RCSnmqkRMvIdJU82BSC8kfFNN8wDhMheyHYjSS2TRkiJcPMSTnMQFjWpok4339-q5vkxKTbFTML10ysYpNKkCovLyv9fDxUWmzip5EdlK6O-4Owp4Ky3fLQDRlxd95WZYhk2Nuvp87eIHzzGHGFCaa1spkF1riBLuYPPgc/s320/20230722_135245.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Us adults set up our chairs and basked in the sun while the kids had a blast on the water. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pDIbjF3-7JhF8p3dtO8CXt59M6OUuV2-0VCvfIt1q1LaMG2qEVpo7VDY1KYnTjc65Mg14xEkjl4YVKVjO7JsuJ3vma_g0u7jwTVRim26-Fb-vsQow_PuefRIdpvDiJNHosAW-G94K9bHcUvLQeHjbkn7jHZRjJQLaSUtXK9WzxzE39m-y7xpXg57um0/s4000/20230722_135640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pDIbjF3-7JhF8p3dtO8CXt59M6OUuV2-0VCvfIt1q1LaMG2qEVpo7VDY1KYnTjc65Mg14xEkjl4YVKVjO7JsuJ3vma_g0u7jwTVRim26-Fb-vsQow_PuefRIdpvDiJNHosAW-G94K9bHcUvLQeHjbkn7jHZRjJQLaSUtXK9WzxzE39m-y7xpXg57um0/s320/20230722_135640.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Jack and Zeke had so much fun in the youth kayaks that we borrowed from the Kuch's. Owen of course was on the paddleboard the entire day. I did get in one of the youth kayaks at one point, but they really are make for youth. I was barely floating and I was sure I was going to tip over. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3knQnRNzMV1jytjyUt8pIW5nOGyy-iRlGmgBahw2Kl0zuJ59hGfzVOM3-bvRLNWmbWLEd9Apw2jIc_5O37cO0Ll1vcDimDAyifoP8ANrbfscQG9wmLJjSQNUhG7ukkXOb5yTZzx54zwz5hYvnbl8qlO7-uwzrj0MKf4I46DsHEwFiRNvxh_NIqjgRkI/s4000/20230722_141356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3knQnRNzMV1jytjyUt8pIW5nOGyy-iRlGmgBahw2Kl0zuJ59hGfzVOM3-bvRLNWmbWLEd9Apw2jIc_5O37cO0Ll1vcDimDAyifoP8ANrbfscQG9wmLJjSQNUhG7ukkXOb5yTZzx54zwz5hYvnbl8qlO7-uwzrj0MKf4I46DsHEwFiRNvxh_NIqjgRkI/s320/20230722_141356.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Ella and I went out in the dingy and it was terribly difficult to steer. The paddles were not cooperating with me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi351j9hJNwPDHPIXHaPI_NgA1jqNXXKNO8XQNqcXfEfRwXJ1EGtIe1TIAIQqQ9LE1Ey3NtuQ5ojyglsf701OIWy2nBM8KmbvRhfwhN0xNZYvAL_D2DfjUBfN12V3iBkjXRFvQS26QIBYvX4400NAhnhhe05VQduHFIZq5s-3x-SlWHICib9ci82MPxH2k/s4000/20230722_141404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi351j9hJNwPDHPIXHaPI_NgA1jqNXXKNO8XQNqcXfEfRwXJ1EGtIe1TIAIQqQ9LE1Ey3NtuQ5ojyglsf701OIWy2nBM8KmbvRhfwhN0xNZYvAL_D2DfjUBfN12V3iBkjXRFvQS26QIBYvX4400NAhnhhe05VQduHFIZq5s-3x-SlWHICib9ci82MPxH2k/s320/20230722_141404.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Being out on the water meant I got some cute pictures of these kids. I love seeing them having so much fun. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAF5U4qf-FrdyGbAcQu35EIBq7G98hyEC50pLN1WN6zVdObWM898PGG33XA9tKinI3StEUYWNMP_l2VmtfIox3q4sYygnZs-4NNZwWAHiuQssmWrvaAbqcqzV0TxmJzmiEyTycgR4pyc48VmaqiVa5bgo78lbPwojo2T7QwEt9llH8TVDcHzxFq0IDpGE/s4000/20230722_141421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAF5U4qf-FrdyGbAcQu35EIBq7G98hyEC50pLN1WN6zVdObWM898PGG33XA9tKinI3StEUYWNMP_l2VmtfIox3q4sYygnZs-4NNZwWAHiuQssmWrvaAbqcqzV0TxmJzmiEyTycgR4pyc48VmaqiVa5bgo78lbPwojo2T7QwEt9llH8TVDcHzxFq0IDpGE/s320/20230722_141421.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Jack crusin' out in the water!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bZc3em7D1B5j0P8pRPbC-jVlyFaV8b8Z-bQ0mgBXrQwg-Tbgf5M5h6b_JNkVwZ72Q_d2V1Rjdl65uaP652IbVVZG-yxi_Ke_20g5FLj8yIwaCgTw11u-ux9oMQdkesHpmmsSk7idz7NDgt_D2-jfpNRp6kw9tKk3xZynuoa4r51E1f0JfcX3ZWHzRxc/s4000/20230722_141424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bZc3em7D1B5j0P8pRPbC-jVlyFaV8b8Z-bQ0mgBXrQwg-Tbgf5M5h6b_JNkVwZ72Q_d2V1Rjdl65uaP652IbVVZG-yxi_Ke_20g5FLj8yIwaCgTw11u-ux9oMQdkesHpmmsSk7idz7NDgt_D2-jfpNRp6kw9tKk3xZynuoa4r51E1f0JfcX3ZWHzRxc/s320/20230722_141424.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Eventually Ella left me and got onto the paddleboard with Owen. Thankfully I finally was able to get back to shore. We found out later when Michael tried to go in the dingy that Jackson hadn't put in the rubber gaskets that hold the paddles in place. I knew that something was wrong! I'm not that horrible of a paddler. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZ4SvKCktrH7RWLSvbAOTeK6plQc-UsC6qQhKxGJ6dBFx8HCiZFIlgaEfpFprO9UHl4-LUAfBOZwEBG7bdz9rJjw-YzeD48KeIZM3dSOTKpmfJHu_5tnCANy6SPzCdu7nT52Tn_ANwa6-czdFYfeFgG-rhMGWiP2b3fUlccbcM09eB4qM2uouD55lPqE/s4000/20230722_141443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZ4SvKCktrH7RWLSvbAOTeK6plQc-UsC6qQhKxGJ6dBFx8HCiZFIlgaEfpFprO9UHl4-LUAfBOZwEBG7bdz9rJjw-YzeD48KeIZM3dSOTKpmfJHu_5tnCANy6SPzCdu7nT52Tn_ANwa6-czdFYfeFgG-rhMGWiP2b3fUlccbcM09eB4qM2uouD55lPqE/s320/20230722_141443.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Owen also took me out on the paddleboard for a bit. It was so fun, but the water was a bit on the chilly side! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">After being there for hours we decided we needed to head out. It was going to take us a bit to get everything packed up, hauled up, put in the truck and then the almost 40 minute drive back to camp. Michael asked me to go get the truck and pull it down to the loading zone. I got to the truck opened it up, put the key in and it wouldn't start. The screen said there was a Start Fault Error or something like that. I turned off the radio and AC thinking it might me the battery, but that didn't work. Then I walked down to break the news. Michael and I walked back up to try to figure it out while Michael and Robin stayed with the kids. We were trying to look up online what exactly that error meant, but we had zero service.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">I walked down to tell everyone we needed to haul everything up to the truck and come up with a game plan. One we got everything to the truck I decided to try walking closer to the ranger station to see if I could get any kind of service to call our insurance company. It was most likely going to take hours for a tow truck to get out there and the nearest friends that could help were at least 1.5 hours away. I finally was able to get on the phone with someone, but then I saw Michael flagging me down. Praise the Lord he got the truck started. How you might ask...he took the battery out of the fob and it worked. Not sure how that mattered, but the only thing we can think of is it had something to do with his dip in the water back when we fell in. Who knows, who cares...the truck started! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">On the way back we were on the lookout for the deer. We ended up finding it, but not in the last location we had seen it. Someone had come along and harvested the appendages so they had pulled it down the road a bit. I didn't really know that you could harvest road kill, but I guess it makes me feel good knowing she didn't die for nothing...she was able to feed a family. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXTtli0HmAK4OvIeMrFYIRpGBbormmficji_pkTYxIOE4O9oKmmwm94ykSVaZgoEY1UPx4Ijp3AN1CWpNbAZObMLSMEr0rFfqfzzEjrCqiUyRwM8mnDe9tr9OLSMti9s28Ixq4eNNW7dBmzkkQmnrVBsOtuegkNUSxKMcjr28OraPJoesUv0e_oNnDKI/s4000/20230722_193534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXTtli0HmAK4OvIeMrFYIRpGBbormmficji_pkTYxIOE4O9oKmmwm94ykSVaZgoEY1UPx4Ijp3AN1CWpNbAZObMLSMEr0rFfqfzzEjrCqiUyRwM8mnDe9tr9OLSMti9s28Ixq4eNNW7dBmzkkQmnrVBsOtuegkNUSxKMcjr28OraPJoesUv0e_oNnDKI/s320/20230722_193534.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Back at the site we had dinner and then pulled out Michael's Pegs & Jokers boards and played that. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEireHGK_60zNnLaffC0glwis7gsbloGfxHd5BGNwumIplK09OgQSM-SPLEHCQPPpbHkFym6Yq443oF7YxBOJo9ZxNDdwaC6fxwhmj34eQufBJii6fnVZ5tsNCukXTbP_VsiXhGiG9F1fxXV7fyZvp2l38LlcG05dIzXweofcVvC3ji37_C7UQOPYImBysg/s4000/20230722_202909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEireHGK_60zNnLaffC0glwis7gsbloGfxHd5BGNwumIplK09OgQSM-SPLEHCQPPpbHkFym6Yq443oF7YxBOJo9ZxNDdwaC6fxwhmj34eQufBJii6fnVZ5tsNCukXTbP_VsiXhGiG9F1fxXV7fyZvp2l38LlcG05dIzXweofcVvC3ji37_C7UQOPYImBysg/s320/20230722_202909.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Here's our campsite! When we were at Taidnapam last year we decided to walk around and see which site we liked the best. This site was awesome. It's so huge I'm almost surprised it not an ADA site. It's also super private with all that greenery on the left it blocks so much of the site. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDyRsd6iVfht1fcVG8pODxs-4Xn16aTs2Rv7M0L5QY8W9suNQuYghn33OvXTHuLar_2FpO1j5WeyjkLQtQ3P1w2ZsmWjEfMxknMd1f5eXhspWQttwJqmekiSQVWCrMGyvf9QMytW_Ok9UUxWobIBgg0sYkXf3W8jnGNT5jBAKEKOzsOlSxwgf4VdXXyw/s4000/20230722_202926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDyRsd6iVfht1fcVG8pODxs-4Xn16aTs2Rv7M0L5QY8W9suNQuYghn33OvXTHuLar_2FpO1j5WeyjkLQtQ3P1w2ZsmWjEfMxknMd1f5eXhspWQttwJqmekiSQVWCrMGyvf9QMytW_Ok9UUxWobIBgg0sYkXf3W8jnGNT5jBAKEKOzsOlSxwgf4VdXXyw/s320/20230722_202926.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">This is that area behind the greenery. So big and so nice and level. Definitely the site we are going to reserve every time we come here. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">It was a crazy exciting day and we are ever so grateful that no one was seriously injured and I'm so glad that we made good memories to help get pass the traumatic ones! </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-5123343845182720052023-07-19T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-21T13:14:12.149-07:00Eastern Washington Trip!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">On July 13th, Ella and I set out on a girls trip to Eastern Washington.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjMMu0J9C0sLB8w8E0VWLx-eZyyHwBNghyC6zebFwDdX_2QZJydu5P0vz8Y73MfnYAPLVFURW6pliNY5nx0w8BJ3wbM7MfG5OpuDLtZ1SGcubPQLy5q8jYHiHpMoRTyoSvqIq4QCLwnUUnDaSgHwmvvQ9uOdFtEjAsqQGfv7Tvil3JSAP9sAmnP7RH14/s4000/20230713_093730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjMMu0J9C0sLB8w8E0VWLx-eZyyHwBNghyC6zebFwDdX_2QZJydu5P0vz8Y73MfnYAPLVFURW6pliNY5nx0w8BJ3wbM7MfG5OpuDLtZ1SGcubPQLy5q8jYHiHpMoRTyoSvqIq4QCLwnUUnDaSgHwmvvQ9uOdFtEjAsqQGfv7Tvil3JSAP9sAmnP7RH14/s320/20230713_093730.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">But first we had to coax Charlie off the roof. He's been getting up there a lot lately...I honestly thing he just likes the attention. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZ7V8tzYpOe68uHjU_KSQJqMmJGD8S_A_jl1LFa77Syd245WJhseKdlwR59hcGc-8g0TXqelCL1G6cNE_RPxj4g17DfwdTKZ29wddqRCgIqMTYIskIMlFpL79YxFOGSm-fact512ZIzMvetKxun82vxwfThFSfLus5MqetXMRcNozO3dkW17fSQZ2I4Q/s4000/20230713_093735.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZ7V8tzYpOe68uHjU_KSQJqMmJGD8S_A_jl1LFa77Syd245WJhseKdlwR59hcGc-8g0TXqelCL1G6cNE_RPxj4g17DfwdTKZ29wddqRCgIqMTYIskIMlFpL79YxFOGSm-fact512ZIzMvetKxun82vxwfThFSfLus5MqetXMRcNozO3dkW17fSQZ2I4Q/s320/20230713_093735.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">To get him down all you have to do is go over to the garbage can enclosure and then shake his treats. He jumps right down. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHLn-8vnxnAJIG0LXz8QNr-agHuLNN8lW9gvMWdu6FPOYIQm62t_ByPgqULaIa9MRrGFXGlTGll-pLQ7_TYAKOHiv9LwDz4oI-u24-15Zu5Xlhdp8fxPc3ydp6mlzRrp9YHY0XFlxJzPBaoNbSpmxTecmroj-9ZSCXiNbaZzyfkN1Izl9jv3dXYfe0Ic/s4000/20230713_093738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHLn-8vnxnAJIG0LXz8QNr-agHuLNN8lW9gvMWdu6FPOYIQm62t_ByPgqULaIa9MRrGFXGlTGll-pLQ7_TYAKOHiv9LwDz4oI-u24-15Zu5Xlhdp8fxPc3ydp6mlzRrp9YHY0XFlxJzPBaoNbSpmxTecmroj-9ZSCXiNbaZzyfkN1Izl9jv3dXYfe0Ic/s320/20230713_093738.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">I swear I feel like he has us trained! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJ_GjAKQToOSioTuwCEUpqa4AhLkFWXk65WjzNLpq6eykR6SpkaYtt51rCJZ5DhCJi6rw6bM_nir5DtO9lE6UUH8uYlyZISI7nR80gk3mX3rSSup_KMD-ZQYq3IMhwnlLF9EY6bvcl5rkSbOnbUu6qXCif9MAlGtVTx1sgL3CeJNt70AGXFEm5WREQZE/s3648/20230713_124742.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJ_GjAKQToOSioTuwCEUpqa4AhLkFWXk65WjzNLpq6eykR6SpkaYtt51rCJZ5DhCJi6rw6bM_nir5DtO9lE6UUH8uYlyZISI7nR80gk3mX3rSSup_KMD-ZQYq3IMhwnlLF9EY6bvcl5rkSbOnbUu6qXCif9MAlGtVTx1sgL3CeJNt70AGXFEm5WREQZE/s320/20230713_124742.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Our way over to Pateros was exhausting! There was an accident on Hwy 18 so I got off to take back roads to go up I-90 instead, but of course so did everyone else. We left our house at 10am and didn't get to I-90 until noon! 2 hours!!! We stopped in Cle Elm...which should normally only take an hour and a half to get to, but it took us almost 3 hours! We got lunch at MCD's and just ate in the van to make up some time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Our plan for this trip was to visit with the Dial family in Pateros for a few days and then drive over to Spokane to spend a few days with Logan. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">That first night with the Dial's the girls all had basketball or soccer practice so we joined them and watched. After that we went to the bakery and got fruit smoothies for a snack. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Back at the trailer Rachael made dinner and then we sat around the fire. I was terrible at taking pictures on this leg of our trip. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">The next day we packed a picnic lunch and headed over to some friends of a friends house and spent a few hours on Alta Lake.</span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw3s7cT0UNKuLnuc5pFN_TGvvls4ATxu8khRTH9-avh1cI8s-n1NSxp5CG2l9qrWqJpMNB81wM9BKq0mJJVUTVC8uI57BCZgcZ0TaYkVoMwm9-L011wyu9_M6WZihL7xPmB0o1pOxC9O6Wm-UrA_UkeWB12uaX-AZNzH60-vPaVjchQznu46MWxsD4hs/s4000/20230714_110452.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw3s7cT0UNKuLnuc5pFN_TGvvls4ATxu8khRTH9-avh1cI8s-n1NSxp5CG2l9qrWqJpMNB81wM9BKq0mJJVUTVC8uI57BCZgcZ0TaYkVoMwm9-L011wyu9_M6WZihL7xPmB0o1pOxC9O6Wm-UrA_UkeWB12uaX-AZNzH60-vPaVjchQznu46MWxsD4hs/s320/20230714_110452.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">It was hot out so the water felt amazing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPOESRv-EoFOPCNenJb6TZ2KDP-X_NJV1YYMaHSZY-whluRAamPUXinTzsk335-SEe9OKeEoFg-ywSe_Z-idArc0GQz7MnCZrqqTd7mw-WbXcghEnnUSQJDOvK8-29HcyU1BdRUPycBozhTyfNGu4xlvRw8chpbfOep9t18Exf6gSKS7qFQ0Ai32dZCo/s3648/20230714_110504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPOESRv-EoFOPCNenJb6TZ2KDP-X_NJV1YYMaHSZY-whluRAamPUXinTzsk335-SEe9OKeEoFg-ywSe_Z-idArc0GQz7MnCZrqqTd7mw-WbXcghEnnUSQJDOvK8-29HcyU1BdRUPycBozhTyfNGu4xlvRw8chpbfOep9t18Exf6gSKS7qFQ0Ai32dZCo/s320/20230714_110504.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">It was so nice getting to visit with Rachael. I miss getting to see her everyday! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvoKlFO_tqIb4KZJbkp-QVJUklnwLQ73e6kA6C3Y5KEAukRQgb2FyMGL1YKewvMeVvhQuWOpiWtjLa3EbdlAOY55Gauunc2pVc9cxzN7ksjWj4oJMqezxzm5kpuPagbTZvsnPZ88vyKZcznPu40cM9PDCtATas6cimLoyvlNQ1mQUNquzpReXNnmFKbs/s4000/20230714_110648.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvoKlFO_tqIb4KZJbkp-QVJUklnwLQ73e6kA6C3Y5KEAukRQgb2FyMGL1YKewvMeVvhQuWOpiWtjLa3EbdlAOY55Gauunc2pVc9cxzN7ksjWj4oJMqezxzm5kpuPagbTZvsnPZ88vyKZcznPu40cM9PDCtATas6cimLoyvlNQ1mQUNquzpReXNnmFKbs/s320/20230714_110648.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">The kids hung on on the water on paddle boards, or innertubes. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">We left there, went back to the trailer, cleaned up and then got ready to go help out at the Farmer's Market and with Movie in Park. We got pizza for dinner from the Bakery there in Pateros. This weekend was Apple Pie Jamboree. I didn't get apple pie, but they had strawberry / rhubarb which I love! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">The movie was the new Puss in Boots one and it was a little strange. We stayed out until way late....almost 11pm and then we had to come back to the trailer and set up a tent for the kids to sleep in. Ella didn't actually end up sleeping in the tent since the kids were making too much noise. She slept with me in the second trailer that Lance and Rachael have. The girls all had to be at their basketball tournament early the next morning. I told Rachael that Ella and I would sleep in and then join them for the parade that started at 11. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">When I woke up I did not feel very well...the heat in Eastern Washington is intense and we were basically out in it for the whole day. My body felt it. I knew that this day which was Saturday, July 15th was filled with a bunch of festivities and of course they were mainly outside...plus they were having a fireworks show that night. I talked it over with Ella and felt it would be best if we just headed for Spokane early right after the parade was over. We were planning on leaving on Sunday morning first thing anyway so we weren't heading out that much earlier just by about a half a day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">So Ella and I packed up, went to the Pateros, watched the parade....Ella got to enjoy a white popsicle. Then we watched the last basketball game Kendra played it, we said our goodbyes and we were off. We stopped at MCD's in Brewster to get food and be on our way. Ella seemed quiet and mainly tired, but later during our drive to Spokane she threw up in the van. Thankfully she got it in the MCD's bag and not everywhere in the van. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">When we got to Jen's house, Ella threw up again and then went right to bed. Jen's family and I went over to their neighbors to hang out for a bit and a little while after that Ella came out feeling so much better. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqrektKhHHePHEWv3g8QLnT0OHn_-8z4yM1AnEiowjMlv-rBeHy1Ev1wSPmGB33W1QygroaGcmAf8p9XDTwNzSzSA3qhlG8_OGVcG00C1XKLbm-Xe_2aqkbPLqGpwBuHP8eBfzV67l_Ul669t4_AlibBRVmgeV5G-2luC1_r3S3hAqiWxrkoWYrHITjs/s4000/20230716_103756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqrektKhHHePHEWv3g8QLnT0OHn_-8z4yM1AnEiowjMlv-rBeHy1Ev1wSPmGB33W1QygroaGcmAf8p9XDTwNzSzSA3qhlG8_OGVcG00C1XKLbm-Xe_2aqkbPLqGpwBuHP8eBfzV67l_Ul669t4_AlibBRVmgeV5G-2luC1_r3S3hAqiWxrkoWYrHITjs/s320/20230716_103756.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Logan got a new kitten....his name is Rocket although I think he looks like a Parker. He is the cutest thing! They also got a new dog Denali. Rocket and Denali are best of friends. It was so fun watching them play. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2yhgeYI6CM_uKx_recAPJjMf1LNLFu5mL6HBgxTMRAPZavkXhpjne3OU_FE6egGlmpHcUdS7z9X6uj-HXcl5iAf3EGK8JBYgUvgxkACSQV4Oq4xQhUCWBU5Gi79zLNzNkxHhhI2uSyPRMnLk4DTadahPhWi47QF-zn6w0-Z10Q3a9D2BE17EGJMErx8/s4000/20230716_155541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2yhgeYI6CM_uKx_recAPJjMf1LNLFu5mL6HBgxTMRAPZavkXhpjne3OU_FE6egGlmpHcUdS7z9X6uj-HXcl5iAf3EGK8JBYgUvgxkACSQV4Oq4xQhUCWBU5Gi79zLNzNkxHhhI2uSyPRMnLk4DTadahPhWi47QF-zn6w0-Z10Q3a9D2BE17EGJMErx8/s320/20230716_155541.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">On Sunday, July 16th we headed up to Ed & Penny's house....Logan's grandparents. We hadn't been to their house in years...I think prior to Covid. They have a great pool and a beautiful property. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jGldKcs9ktagm8VTrnu9OVTKgY1ohNmpu4yHACzNPV8bnpq4pYZSxipt5tqWljg6mXEfbe7KMKQABTTp1d78KQsRQ_7n_Eiy4lqB2b6caXldgzUhLRDd3Lm84kj-O3hRLnKXaEKqp4oi2D8EJfIBmu9df63WFL7RdXXirj0MWqR9lM1YAs_MQYsofTA/s4000/20230716_155546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jGldKcs9ktagm8VTrnu9OVTKgY1ohNmpu4yHACzNPV8bnpq4pYZSxipt5tqWljg6mXEfbe7KMKQABTTp1d78KQsRQ_7n_Eiy4lqB2b6caXldgzUhLRDd3Lm84kj-O3hRLnKXaEKqp4oi2D8EJfIBmu9df63WFL7RdXXirj0MWqR9lM1YAs_MQYsofTA/s320/20230716_155546.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">We all had a blast playing around in the pool to keep cool! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">We also ordered some of the best pizza I've ever had. It was from West Side Pizza which we actually have over by us so I will be ordering it someday. The pizza was called Tropical Heat. It has Pepperoni, Sausage, Tomatoes, Jalapenos & Pineapple. If you don't think pineapple belongs on pizza I'm not sure we can be friends....j/k! We also sat around visiting and playing games. We played Five Crowns and I ended up winning with a total score of 36!!! That's the lowest score I've ever gotten! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">On Monday, July 17th, we were supposed to go shopping and get Ella's ears pierced, but she wasn't feeling good again. She had another day of throwing up. We are in the process of trying to figure out why her body is doing this. Please keep her in your prayers as we still don't know what's going on. So instead of going out we just hunkered down. The girls mainly watched TV while Jen and I played Azul. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Thankfully the next day Ella woke up feeling right as rain so I we got all ready and headed out for our annual trip to Silverwood. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELUU43xZXdGJffWLAvTe2kg5jMVvvRDZypgY7IsifQC8hjCFnoTg4DLgpgZiQnJShPUEHEB5PGzAaPhvyTQY28Z4TeJnkIAwGvoSv2Hejegf8G34pR-eAhi4HdIU3FktgxALivAIkieQkIj65AxaW45whtbq5tDtSjUWBSb7dZ2GOj0-yz76rIa3ISRw/s4000/20230718_115459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELUU43xZXdGJffWLAvTe2kg5jMVvvRDZypgY7IsifQC8hjCFnoTg4DLgpgZiQnJShPUEHEB5PGzAaPhvyTQY28Z4TeJnkIAwGvoSv2Hejegf8G34pR-eAhi4HdIU3FktgxALivAIkieQkIj65AxaW45whtbq5tDtSjUWBSb7dZ2GOj0-yz76rIa3ISRw/s320/20230718_115459.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Boulder Beach here we come. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Conner was going to come with us and then Papa...Jen's Dad...was going to meet us there and take him around, but he decided he didn't want to come so it was only the 4 of us ladies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjKAWhkYhdfBdpZlhtpDprmoG_XAE2vQnwsLinWL3FP-eUYApIzb11VjVJQSOo0GlzgJpcibQOftiZ0MQat0sOZuLLjiyZETP79BMxEDdxlkb5X1nA2ulBhVBAWXbWCtmVCbhy06Qg0nxQF8eQ8NU46fRzA5NDlIjPOMMLsBzgcfKIVvx4XzNeppBINk/s3648/20230718_143134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjKAWhkYhdfBdpZlhtpDprmoG_XAE2vQnwsLinWL3FP-eUYApIzb11VjVJQSOo0GlzgJpcibQOftiZ0MQat0sOZuLLjiyZETP79BMxEDdxlkb5X1nA2ulBhVBAWXbWCtmVCbhy06Qg0nxQF8eQ8NU46fRzA5NDlIjPOMMLsBzgcfKIVvx4XzNeppBINk/s320/20230718_143134.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">We found out usual spot and set up our blankets and towels. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirueyIaD0WE8mg2LBMP4-0s9K5pAffS3svkqDuygkszvKfrq6oK5Cf7NpHInvewK2A9DWaEJbceIOO_K08TtGM9hsdLgsTyXbUUoYaNieP8-yrwoWyp2EuPfBVXHxSKxDoy7d85qgTlIiwxmRravYxHTkWNLnbRKzIXCPtFeI2NoUr8S2pDDOSQMsvJHY/s3648/20230718_150157.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirueyIaD0WE8mg2LBMP4-0s9K5pAffS3svkqDuygkszvKfrq6oK5Cf7NpHInvewK2A9DWaEJbceIOO_K08TtGM9hsdLgsTyXbUUoYaNieP8-yrwoWyp2EuPfBVXHxSKxDoy7d85qgTlIiwxmRravYxHTkWNLnbRKzIXCPtFeI2NoUr8S2pDDOSQMsvJHY/s320/20230718_150157.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">We sat around for a bit and ate some food and then decided to go in the lazy river. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AE7Esy3-RMKB0sq9bxW6ozBOK5udWHN0Oasetp-xZC-CPFTn81QaZllw6SbXtEKMVZSr4irisO1Fi60TL68kX_Cm1DszGMNFrFKiFLD5pH_9YB1wZpNAQkn7carsIhW36DcrON1csBzWsFp6T6gwLzpIbbo6UY9QWA0CkM5CxCbs_daf8sT6mFgHkAo/s4000/20230718_170953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AE7Esy3-RMKB0sq9bxW6ozBOK5udWHN0Oasetp-xZC-CPFTn81QaZllw6SbXtEKMVZSr4irisO1Fi60TL68kX_Cm1DszGMNFrFKiFLD5pH_9YB1wZpNAQkn7carsIhW36DcrON1csBzWsFp6T6gwLzpIbbo6UY9QWA0CkM5CxCbs_daf8sT6mFgHkAo/s320/20230718_170953.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">At one point we took the girls over to one of the wave pools. We lost them in the wave pool and then found them again. We must have just missed them....poor Logan tried to duck under a wave and ended up hitting her face on the bottom of the pool. Thankfully she wasn't badly injured and her braces were okay. Her lips were red and swollen, but that was about it. Jen and her went to first aid and got some ice to put on her face. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1UqiM6raP_OmNDFOSbCsZ5H-8nfAQOkZFWZFZJJB-jhkoyQJ32eW2y6mZKjO8obH3B0gw-q7WWlO9d77vUxFSWiT7OA91fmhT44FNycXor1z3UyUaj2h8pVKQFPI7kU5T06UHEBct94lZ6g-8Jm4pMIYcff26KqmyL8G9NTnebCkHSsJIDiN3buAfhk/s4000/20230718_171001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1UqiM6raP_OmNDFOSbCsZ5H-8nfAQOkZFWZFZJJB-jhkoyQJ32eW2y6mZKjO8obH3B0gw-q7WWlO9d77vUxFSWiT7OA91fmhT44FNycXor1z3UyUaj2h8pVKQFPI7kU5T06UHEBct94lZ6g-8Jm4pMIYcff26KqmyL8G9NTnebCkHSsJIDiN3buAfhk/s320/20230718_171001.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">We ate some more lunch and then also went back in the lazy river. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsct957nwf6wi_9P8NIg_fpJrP0NIq_GzK6NcNvJNQaG_j4jpdo5TpO3bi1NwPAxWtBoQ8e93tgJmayp5mIV5KUjVPtW54ZACvRWA2DdSs0AUfZhFQiMwki7iLlNVq1DucUNedCOtFab6gxP7oo6DuiNKBIXqFv1pV_kXwx_YA4n8QFfSgVxEszy_9cA/s2048/received_1001052371331712.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsct957nwf6wi_9P8NIg_fpJrP0NIq_GzK6NcNvJNQaG_j4jpdo5TpO3bi1NwPAxWtBoQ8e93tgJmayp5mIV5KUjVPtW54ZACvRWA2DdSs0AUfZhFQiMwki7iLlNVq1DucUNedCOtFab6gxP7oo6DuiNKBIXqFv1pV_kXwx_YA4n8QFfSgVxEszy_9cA/s320/received_1001052371331712.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">We of course had to get ice cream. Ella wanted Dippin' Dots, but the rest of us got the giant soft serve cones that have to be put in a cup they are so big. Oh my....I look forward to that ice cream all year long! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">After drying off for a bit we decided to change our clothes and go see if we could catch the train. In all the times we've come we've never been able to make it on the train. The first time we tried to get on it was too full so we decided to go shopping a bit before going back to wait in line. I bought myself a sweatshirt and a poncho. Ella got a sweatshirt and an ankle bracelet. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip67LeKF9NMK8l4x1e55gT2PWsx2Cd3yeGQLTD77ayZiVGk5OAZLAYbkejDPdQSQUzo5vFHLs8fVBaKi3hZIvDP1pcGB1l0jqZZAUW7V99kMxd4BfwfiC7XzzS-ADMsU3ZGT7OeyGTI9KniJskoSLjIZpLFDLLtorhtWOUjiAK_z6jM0Kqq_JQAvHSrqQ/s2048/received_196991019731626.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip67LeKF9NMK8l4x1e55gT2PWsx2Cd3yeGQLTD77ayZiVGk5OAZLAYbkejDPdQSQUzo5vFHLs8fVBaKi3hZIvDP1pcGB1l0jqZZAUW7V99kMxd4BfwfiC7XzzS-ADMsU3ZGT7OeyGTI9KniJskoSLjIZpLFDLLtorhtWOUjiAK_z6jM0Kqq_JQAvHSrqQ/s320/received_196991019731626.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Once we finished our shopping spree it was back to the train station to wait. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSi0D4egRIraoSxMjnqytoqGyGNsz5nPi6u1PLpFZzqjAwuMRBqjm7tBNvXEehI12r3q9UvoCnuROq5Qvh45U8f-qIT1txfPeX7SGve25Lprq6Bc7vpvUZUkb3M5z1-grLGkvvPUPrtxmGp7EgZxoisLe8AIR5oj2l0-vXIDISq4PbSHP4ZNe-xO1GUN8/s3648/20230718_184411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSi0D4egRIraoSxMjnqytoqGyGNsz5nPi6u1PLpFZzqjAwuMRBqjm7tBNvXEehI12r3q9UvoCnuROq5Qvh45U8f-qIT1txfPeX7SGve25Lprq6Bc7vpvUZUkb3M5z1-grLGkvvPUPrtxmGp7EgZxoisLe8AIR5oj2l0-vXIDISq4PbSHP4ZNe-xO1GUN8/s320/20230718_184411.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">This time we got on the train! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XH9iMhvEkL2xEHVuqudJXkqd_2wDUnU2RM-CvpBHTbiphiMFis1QTQfv0XNN40tF5h_IyJZY1z5wq9JwEEOtc0BaZu-0_whXzybSiUjNIeVYTsQY1BxTWEG78ZAqu20R27RsY687melOEUBS66ze7XldiwPQDTOiNnGhDMmKTJ964kUo0F3d__vuAG4/s4000/20230718_191342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XH9iMhvEkL2xEHVuqudJXkqd_2wDUnU2RM-CvpBHTbiphiMFis1QTQfv0XNN40tF5h_IyJZY1z5wq9JwEEOtc0BaZu-0_whXzybSiUjNIeVYTsQY1BxTWEG78ZAqu20R27RsY687melOEUBS66ze7XldiwPQDTOiNnGhDMmKTJ964kUo0F3d__vuAG4/s320/20230718_191342.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">The show was really cute and I'm glad we've finally seen it! </span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccEYVyfmSOw2XvJrTp39vzylPjg3yAoqOF9mBnwCN-hrFEMFuNi7rhJs68QIGWVi_pc2REpbEFkMbbVj2I_obwUh1l5D_e813o4m9plsqhpEH954Ug_o58A12kpf-sBCJahP2EFsqjDGvljhisbYsDJ58ucOBZF-rKqyNZjJ_nC_3J5delP4welUGRn0/s2048/received_988858695490383.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccEYVyfmSOw2XvJrTp39vzylPjg3yAoqOF9mBnwCN-hrFEMFuNi7rhJs68QIGWVi_pc2REpbEFkMbbVj2I_obwUh1l5D_e813o4m9plsqhpEH954Ug_o58A12kpf-sBCJahP2EFsqjDGvljhisbYsDJ58ucOBZF-rKqyNZjJ_nC_3J5delP4welUGRn0/w400-h300/received_988858695490383.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Jen got a picture of these pretty girls. I just love their friendship and how they can go months on end without even talking and just pick right back up where they were. True friends are so hard to come by! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">Per tradition we always go to The Cracker Barrell for dinner. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9a-OFoIophhMP6KxDdgD_ZdB6FSubHLMTM01G0BhkQIbgnmnuUyHqYkN884kvzyD9Da5k6ZGbN9vb4PaLCfSmQiMNZc9m_7Rt--ml5yVEYfX65KVCqxDIClWOi4JugZ6Znxp9rLzNERq08MLS6RbAQR-nyIRGfzN9D9SpqUY-I_QcZABGSGsMB7rwyG0/s3648/20230718_204325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9a-OFoIophhMP6KxDdgD_ZdB6FSubHLMTM01G0BhkQIbgnmnuUyHqYkN884kvzyD9Da5k6ZGbN9vb4PaLCfSmQiMNZc9m_7Rt--ml5yVEYfX65KVCqxDIClWOi4JugZ6Znxp9rLzNERq08MLS6RbAQR-nyIRGfzN9D9SpqUY-I_QcZABGSGsMB7rwyG0/s320/20230718_204325.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">I was just taking a selfie of Ella and I, but Jen decided to jump in on her way back from the bathroom. :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshMZSERO_eQ2r705IYdy0H0ZqRqs6hV77pCxcNMdlhwAbYbOQIbXxsaTetB4CeHsg4pSkaiQat3HjRSaakBVF0kJC5DSoOiEchC0rw_yYS4c5HQg-tRp9Ekt79n_RhUHiIHmpYl5H3vnYdI9mmdDrsQVKK7RFkZTOgRSpTkU86_UDBKMd7kq6WDLzDt4/s4000/20230718_210129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshMZSERO_eQ2r705IYdy0H0ZqRqs6hV77pCxcNMdlhwAbYbOQIbXxsaTetB4CeHsg4pSkaiQat3HjRSaakBVF0kJC5DSoOiEchC0rw_yYS4c5HQg-tRp9Ekt79n_RhUHiIHmpYl5H3vnYdI9mmdDrsQVKK7RFkZTOgRSpTkU86_UDBKMd7kq6WDLzDt4/s320/20230718_210129.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">We all order the same thing...the lemon pepper trout. We all just get different sides. I have to have the country beans and the fried apples. Yummy!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyONucLTvHkc3VpJ77jB-b1-i4ULcyaDj4d3wygbGSw42ZfewaZGqeq_4UmfR_VjrD0HqfeOv8MwrxA-dZuD6aog02AxaqZw9hbRHPo8k5bWsU4N0pEYcjEMaGq_m8IOtc6T4DaMCwjYMcGmvo9lxigNSK-3SzCHhYIAy2SSflxy8PCRCOWIhhtYT4EcY/s4000/20230719_100616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyONucLTvHkc3VpJ77jB-b1-i4ULcyaDj4d3wygbGSw42ZfewaZGqeq_4UmfR_VjrD0HqfeOv8MwrxA-dZuD6aog02AxaqZw9hbRHPo8k5bWsU4N0pEYcjEMaGq_m8IOtc6T4DaMCwjYMcGmvo9lxigNSK-3SzCHhYIAy2SSflxy8PCRCOWIhhtYT4EcY/s320/20230719_100616.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana;">The next morning it was time to pack up and head out. It's always hard to leave, but we had plans to possibly see Logan at the end of August so we had that to look forward too! </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-20362433725526191612023-07-05T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-21T12:23:58.702-07:004th Of July 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">4th of July...my favorite day of the whole year!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzis7WPzsKn_wIbtHicl0_0z6fMPgSTTDqY4Tdad7G9diObZOUbesnLsBbnBoMxKvg5GqsImEv2I8628ZXrksjKcUyJISG3IKCFy5XxyTXFq4_q8pFlHgYtMGhgbenuqq59VJZvwL6aa7Os8zbiEz1VLavCJ8VN3j69EanOgA36Js8HrJnL6XnEYZtN8/s4000/20230704_114857.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzis7WPzsKn_wIbtHicl0_0z6fMPgSTTDqY4Tdad7G9diObZOUbesnLsBbnBoMxKvg5GqsImEv2I8628ZXrksjKcUyJISG3IKCFy5XxyTXFq4_q8pFlHgYtMGhgbenuqq59VJZvwL6aa7Os8zbiEz1VLavCJ8VN3j69EanOgA36Js8HrJnL6XnEYZtN8/s320/20230704_114857.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">For our craft we decided to just make more decal shirts like last year since we had so many decals left. I love the decal that Ella chose....so cute!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQA9-Ku-P_El7UPAc6QO3y4r0vR7HFQYizHxBtG-gKT3qenmWuHvmekYZZ_HLKm2z9YIw4ZmCrzqWIMK4T9wDoZ4iCankUlfZlqOnj6EIvJjWBYk8IZ1wethAjOIoijqjee_GbMY1vASiFcDlkwx02FfV5yqbJQSpPglmmkcfxUqfmuTTTCe9YfpKQmM/s4000/20230704_114909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQA9-Ku-P_El7UPAc6QO3y4r0vR7HFQYizHxBtG-gKT3qenmWuHvmekYZZ_HLKm2z9YIw4ZmCrzqWIMK4T9wDoZ4iCankUlfZlqOnj6EIvJjWBYk8IZ1wethAjOIoijqjee_GbMY1vASiFcDlkwx02FfV5yqbJQSpPglmmkcfxUqfmuTTTCe9YfpKQmM/s320/20230704_114909.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">My Dad's cousin Marv and his wife Barb were visiting. Barb is on the left of Ga-Ga. My parents always invite tons of people from church. Debra and her husband Dave have been coming for the last couple of years. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVX5yZUvZsQj_pW0HINW8DDKElpfKxTVjY_yODKgB0mUqOaU-nLSwGGIDUoJQ0LFAZOIMuqdVeESGCSaTHGjja0rxWCFTQC71F55_OctOQ9LCfI2kcxS2lWsYNA8i_e86EI3raUNKN760ZD3nXbFs3EgeR3FDPY2bc5yIE_BWi8HkhHhH9OZgn7zznGY/s4608/IMG_20230704_131712957_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVX5yZUvZsQj_pW0HINW8DDKElpfKxTVjY_yODKgB0mUqOaU-nLSwGGIDUoJQ0LFAZOIMuqdVeESGCSaTHGjja0rxWCFTQC71F55_OctOQ9LCfI2kcxS2lWsYNA8i_e86EI3raUNKN760ZD3nXbFs3EgeR3FDPY2bc5yIE_BWi8HkhHhH9OZgn7zznGY/s320/IMG_20230704_131712957_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">The spread is looking pretty yummy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMFQ_GbjUleP0R9UJDb2cpcPDu4ouqS9XmwTScNUweEbq-Iiq3619v50hJyFkcfh7fg7Wq2a5BJheO5qCjMOcApSe-NHHzItSVPiBE1wV_reJSncAD8JFHA5_nmH_1h3hLjVR0EtwntCFwlrQAPAZH6wlp8FyO7rkYhHge-rw2Rhr2Bsa_iCnqlpFHlc/s4608/IMG_20230704_132837657_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMFQ_GbjUleP0R9UJDb2cpcPDu4ouqS9XmwTScNUweEbq-Iiq3619v50hJyFkcfh7fg7Wq2a5BJheO5qCjMOcApSe-NHHzItSVPiBE1wV_reJSncAD8JFHA5_nmH_1h3hLjVR0EtwntCFwlrQAPAZH6wlp8FyO7rkYhHge-rw2Rhr2Bsa_iCnqlpFHlc/s320/IMG_20230704_132837657_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">All of Ella's Barbie stuff is stored at Ga-Ga's so Anna and Addison always play Barbie's with her when they come over. It's nice because it keeps it new since she doesn't have them with her all the time. I do think we are approaching the time where they are going to outgrow Barbie though. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLap5cfockSpYXtkNkJvu6B8PKB-Vxnvu876RXzuj0vJsz1zIloffqCSrKXAGOYRW9N7s6s75qex4W53dvqpHUd5x9gQlaXpOZuL1B6X6qCEZ3l7UlcamHSvBuW-sZdKFqX1mvDIHs9X3YFto5n749qFcRsVXItV2dDlCII9ieT1ZbobbYhHXJ83zk6I/s4608/IMG_20230704_133008034_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLap5cfockSpYXtkNkJvu6B8PKB-Vxnvu876RXzuj0vJsz1zIloffqCSrKXAGOYRW9N7s6s75qex4W53dvqpHUd5x9gQlaXpOZuL1B6X6qCEZ3l7UlcamHSvBuW-sZdKFqX1mvDIHs9X3YFto5n749qFcRsVXItV2dDlCII9ieT1ZbobbYhHXJ83zk6I/s320/IMG_20230704_133008034_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">The boys hanging out in Ga-Ga's playroom. Most liking playing some sort of game. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm28_FFUlG5-APU9QNccSm2orSTRSCqBTxFX1hvXeoCTVeidL0agVBMjIHUDvz-MzuQscizJBp8xjLYM9WWcAkz2xDQJsgOYKP_hFbc9A47wz1_Oz8i5NpZASX_LkBIwt-sQZ4eXEicieiuGeg-WZyUiWI10gTeg2zgRdvg9HjNA0j1SCKOPmkJ_zKBTc/s4608/IMG_20230704_133106222_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm28_FFUlG5-APU9QNccSm2orSTRSCqBTxFX1hvXeoCTVeidL0agVBMjIHUDvz-MzuQscizJBp8xjLYM9WWcAkz2xDQJsgOYKP_hFbc9A47wz1_Oz8i5NpZASX_LkBIwt-sQZ4eXEicieiuGeg-WZyUiWI10gTeg2zgRdvg9HjNA0j1SCKOPmkJ_zKBTc/s320/IMG_20230704_133106222_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Barb, Ga-Ga & Miss Ellen. It was so fun having Miss Ellen here for our camping trip and the 4th of July! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT52PCdigcvTAt3S-ItFWzP5IXDBadjZ2B2s0nv-5kgeLiBuPFdUoOE79MGbg6sRjAmWZf6tpahc---6ozNWcyO9m8YOlTBTrIpnX7GbQPRHqunObcSuw2PICoaTh1yIn54vvIDzCkuesrQ9r3vqkWH5_e5HHA9-4aIXXv7XHjBTpgFvaQbBO9E2QJUN4/s4608/IMG_20230704_133323793_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT52PCdigcvTAt3S-ItFWzP5IXDBadjZ2B2s0nv-5kgeLiBuPFdUoOE79MGbg6sRjAmWZf6tpahc---6ozNWcyO9m8YOlTBTrIpnX7GbQPRHqunObcSuw2PICoaTh1yIn54vvIDzCkuesrQ9r3vqkWH5_e5HHA9-4aIXXv7XHjBTpgFvaQbBO9E2QJUN4/s320/IMG_20230704_133323793_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Bill lending moral support to Michael while he mans the grill! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeefpfNIXWg307lM1D5SRAw-CYdA7Krkn3uLZ0n-KO00kZpLu_sU-sp7TsZ2PIIdGpZhUoiJNxVF3uzpjYNK1lW4aT7Chca47kFbSkYKJWIQTXbZYLPl_PCBLdQLlB3FFFPiLoosyg99edJKH2pD8vMCiJE58f7bERtcWMGtZUmMMUwH4M2A212q9aalg/s4608/IMG_20230704_134031299_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeefpfNIXWg307lM1D5SRAw-CYdA7Krkn3uLZ0n-KO00kZpLu_sU-sp7TsZ2PIIdGpZhUoiJNxVF3uzpjYNK1lW4aT7Chca47kFbSkYKJWIQTXbZYLPl_PCBLdQLlB3FFFPiLoosyg99edJKH2pD8vMCiJE58f7bERtcWMGtZUmMMUwH4M2A212q9aalg/s320/IMG_20230704_134031299_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Papa & John a friend from our church. He and his wife Margaret have been coming to RCC for over a year maybe longer. Margaret was working so she wasn't able to make it to the BBQ. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNGnwlr2t-RlY4cAtAp840beUj3d6p6Tc2DbSeAsKpVlNsam9-hpP6_o5vYOK1Dw8o7qa1mrkA6QLglJgdrc07C4AlrPeefV1vzJ3QMjZoT2WFzCapfEwCdBwFq3i5rO3KnWNo3Qg8kccLncPeklp4xS9Lw2_SGHmIxK0PvsRUZ8iVjaCf14FYI3Dyos/s4608/IMG_20230704_134059839_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNGnwlr2t-RlY4cAtAp840beUj3d6p6Tc2DbSeAsKpVlNsam9-hpP6_o5vYOK1Dw8o7qa1mrkA6QLglJgdrc07C4AlrPeefV1vzJ3QMjZoT2WFzCapfEwCdBwFq3i5rO3KnWNo3Qg8kccLncPeklp4xS9Lw2_SGHmIxK0PvsRUZ8iVjaCf14FYI3Dyos/s320/IMG_20230704_134059839_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Bob hanging out with Debra....there's no way Bob is going to miss out on the 4th of July party!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh133Bf919IZ9vwBDq3umi7vzuPI3f_ADbjb_NXT21eJvLnm6GtDhJumgFOmR8NIA02yg8Li4BKYbtUEY3WV3n1u1Z8WxSvDMwIi0qL8HS7EITfWEXkSiXjOvdmKXPnHut8tOtiLh1r_omMHZ-Vhkjl1QciWiJjFuzKfoPrR9vFq5dd3oucCxD9BhjMPIc/s4000/20230704_134316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh133Bf919IZ9vwBDq3umi7vzuPI3f_ADbjb_NXT21eJvLnm6GtDhJumgFOmR8NIA02yg8Li4BKYbtUEY3WV3n1u1Z8WxSvDMwIi0qL8HS7EITfWEXkSiXjOvdmKXPnHut8tOtiLh1r_omMHZ-Vhkjl1QciWiJjFuzKfoPrR9vFq5dd3oucCxD9BhjMPIc/s320/20230704_134316.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Last year I was given some fun 4th of July temporary tattoos. I brought those with me and tried to tat as many people as I could. Christina and the girls are showing off their skin art. </span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWigWktTCi3AOfIUJhfAtGSDdCol3oAa1lDnLKVoKyDUr4BI3Swi2qImNLt1y5PF3Oir71tKW8UFM7OqjvbiCB9VEr2UFB8b0wKPDdx72SoYLZ2dh3dyduWEsGBBUdvAsap1qDa2iIBhKnN0UhOG8RchBm2hgWgkvQWZqkxefgiSGV063TmkA0OAJFxk/s4608/IMG_20230704_134423294_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWigWktTCi3AOfIUJhfAtGSDdCol3oAa1lDnLKVoKyDUr4BI3Swi2qImNLt1y5PF3Oir71tKW8UFM7OqjvbiCB9VEr2UFB8b0wKPDdx72SoYLZ2dh3dyduWEsGBBUdvAsap1qDa2iIBhKnN0UhOG8RchBm2hgWgkvQWZqkxefgiSGV063TmkA0OAJFxk/s320/IMG_20230704_134423294_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Michael visiting with Miss Ruth...he's still cooking! He had to cook a ton of food and we still actually ended up running out of hamburgers! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sj_3_N4tRxUapBFPApAUPQJOG5dZKDzGT0iuMaX_auYDp7Nrq3jMSaUzpq6D3ytKy-TuKFu3xSXKSDpV0-NfuJgG0nccbz11xYioLpcg8a98JMFwpz4bIeXMGVzvoZA-ZeaehmqX0ty0Lun6cUTRuLuR3ynZsFwYR6F1UfD_z7mWzAKfaWCQYF-vtyo/s4608/IMG_20230704_134427762_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sj_3_N4tRxUapBFPApAUPQJOG5dZKDzGT0iuMaX_auYDp7Nrq3jMSaUzpq6D3ytKy-TuKFu3xSXKSDpV0-NfuJgG0nccbz11xYioLpcg8a98JMFwpz4bIeXMGVzvoZA-ZeaehmqX0ty0Lun6cUTRuLuR3ynZsFwYR6F1UfD_z7mWzAKfaWCQYF-vtyo/s320/IMG_20230704_134427762_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Fellowshipping! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrEe2Vy482bKdbsy1T_EDLXkkhTC2mIduM8NjWWHJSr3HBQXRDL8EGn8TO7gNEIQtQ3GFgukalXZsmweoBxHhBnar-55v14rG-aFbgvWzH-3xzhuxRyNQ5gJN6abXQ584LBn8_LlmCBdohzfcoPHsNmnO_iE8d60f0Ub1xUHtZje83ml37lc9VwH8naI/s4608/IMG_20230704_140127504_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrEe2Vy482bKdbsy1T_EDLXkkhTC2mIduM8NjWWHJSr3HBQXRDL8EGn8TO7gNEIQtQ3GFgukalXZsmweoBxHhBnar-55v14rG-aFbgvWzH-3xzhuxRyNQ5gJN6abXQ584LBn8_LlmCBdohzfcoPHsNmnO_iE8d60f0Ub1xUHtZje83ml37lc9VwH8naI/s320/IMG_20230704_140127504_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Praying! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9E4cjFVFZx3_ATBozwlNaa5F88Fljz-ULz3sQCGSP-qaTjkNnpG_UrbEhARXkBAYjgDli0wETgNGHnjXWYpFkXbV_aQof4oeJUVWKJ-Ze6A82Tl006aIw81YKyHEq7PxgEQO5c_eXZw_ORiFi8JJCkp8CWh9MNnqTsCXHuXIyqjBqBMKfYRf6Al9pRFs/s4000/20230704_140247.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9E4cjFVFZx3_ATBozwlNaa5F88Fljz-ULz3sQCGSP-qaTjkNnpG_UrbEhARXkBAYjgDli0wETgNGHnjXWYpFkXbV_aQof4oeJUVWKJ-Ze6A82Tl006aIw81YKyHEq7PxgEQO5c_eXZw_ORiFi8JJCkp8CWh9MNnqTsCXHuXIyqjBqBMKfYRf6Al9pRFs/s320/20230704_140247.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Cooling! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Michael bought this Ryobi worksite fan for the Farmer's Market. His Water District has a booth at the Burien Farmer's Market once a month. He thought it would be nice since it's so hot in the summer for folks walking by to get a bit of mist to cool down. Since the Farmer's Market wasn't happening on 4th of July I asked him to bring it home so we could use it. It came in so handy! I want to buy one so we can take it camping! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUoTagDyYWJXMGvN1Upxf0V0kCWAmRJw9weuDR_-l_QJvxyD1I0zP2hZZLeZ1fkJENpShFmnXMfGMQTUxx84yIk6VJAub-kWJ9QQYur-KnSATNOnl_vZqlYfe0rinzVV4bwFJz6JOgG2uBMSXvUz2KFO8C5QLW7bw6R5jbl9jTx9Wsw2W7DgBUypedbkw/s4608/IMG_20230704_141659901_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUoTagDyYWJXMGvN1Upxf0V0kCWAmRJw9weuDR_-l_QJvxyD1I0zP2hZZLeZ1fkJENpShFmnXMfGMQTUxx84yIk6VJAub-kWJ9QQYur-KnSATNOnl_vZqlYfe0rinzVV4bwFJz6JOgG2uBMSXvUz2KFO8C5QLW7bw6R5jbl9jTx9Wsw2W7DgBUypedbkw/w320-h240/IMG_20230704_141659901_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"> Stephanie is also from church. Her and her husband Scott took over the music ministry for Sunday's mornings while our church looked for a new worship pastor. They are such sweet people! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvAfHaIS1dNKQud38KT-hPq2yIWHZ5uEvPjyUI9wv52BEDmJbPjw4DGSeSbt8yRM-3FcITHb1_DaX-2qHWKOvIB0BUpjLdEeRU_1B14CSJZWf1x3hj5KnCuVloxjXlqpr_eD5O_y8z43lUQehJn-vnHsxXyTRpL6f_3UKtDtjlmPEe1LKnqCiAYbKVj8/s4608/IMG_20230704_142002367_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvAfHaIS1dNKQud38KT-hPq2yIWHZ5uEvPjyUI9wv52BEDmJbPjw4DGSeSbt8yRM-3FcITHb1_DaX-2qHWKOvIB0BUpjLdEeRU_1B14CSJZWf1x3hj5KnCuVloxjXlqpr_eD5O_y8z43lUQehJn-vnHsxXyTRpL6f_3UKtDtjlmPEe1LKnqCiAYbKVj8/s320/IMG_20230704_142002367_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Pa had 4 canopies set up which provided much needed shade. It was quite hot out! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_8vvDSCoahAGBBe3Kx-5EzXdTeZHhHXF18AstmY-OMPMaDKYQyRz5k-YZ5KE-ddVAHBWSsWvJ2tX2BoPkDIriClbOcRdetKORdCGEwCaJ-6HlESgz7ozDsPYWJUJQ7X8dKpBCai8Qk0gPr8UN3ZwOxsHGm0ZZX7JrVe5xtcVvg7P56hTMOeww8dLZ7E/s4000/20230704_143119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_8vvDSCoahAGBBe3Kx-5EzXdTeZHhHXF18AstmY-OMPMaDKYQyRz5k-YZ5KE-ddVAHBWSsWvJ2tX2BoPkDIriClbOcRdetKORdCGEwCaJ-6HlESgz7ozDsPYWJUJQ7X8dKpBCai8Qk0gPr8UN3ZwOxsHGm0ZZX7JrVe5xtcVvg7P56hTMOeww8dLZ7E/s320/20230704_143119.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">There were touches of decorations all around. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyA3Aqzs1vtU806Nd3DUh-7uxCh6hs7oPkXsa031JuAgFx4BghsFZxuvrch3uVj0ZsTwwnkiXQwT-O_9QJ4sJxVOu0D1MoGxTWVOIR6GfwsLVKaV2KQSs-HDbVqr9QCD5pQOX7RWpybg0Q3lp8hR37POmmt4tZg-4trHuI4-N_a_KBoWZcE59wMDfa3Ts/s4000/20230704_150504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyA3Aqzs1vtU806Nd3DUh-7uxCh6hs7oPkXsa031JuAgFx4BghsFZxuvrch3uVj0ZsTwwnkiXQwT-O_9QJ4sJxVOu0D1MoGxTWVOIR6GfwsLVKaV2KQSs-HDbVqr9QCD5pQOX7RWpybg0Q3lp8hR37POmmt4tZg-4trHuI4-N_a_KBoWZcE59wMDfa3Ts/s320/20230704_150504.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">One of the guests from church brought out his huge clothe frisbee. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7Yc2d2_TPg4ENTCjMI4TDM67Xy3ItrVxevvSxtiE1RGOAa8UjBPGEA4KXjL1ikjmGat09mE4ZIT-UwfKZpsRigknpp2I40yQ5gUSFW0i8MxLjiBmN8GZAifu-fGy_8HYJlezIDRjh7MrkhD7GaTIWXNy13OIFOnOFG6sikKLTGYbsc0X0qvWam2Pqs0/s4000/20230704_150515.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7Yc2d2_TPg4ENTCjMI4TDM67Xy3ItrVxevvSxtiE1RGOAa8UjBPGEA4KXjL1ikjmGat09mE4ZIT-UwfKZpsRigknpp2I40yQ5gUSFW0i8MxLjiBmN8GZAifu-fGy_8HYJlezIDRjh7MrkhD7GaTIWXNy13OIFOnOFG6sikKLTGYbsc0X0qvWam2Pqs0/s320/20230704_150515.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">The boys had fun tossing it around for a bit. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjze_aQ79WdFhVcp_3QvsTEnc2ucs-rbUX2VD8X3JMSxoEIET00819vctf33c6j5HA9S-_ipeW2Cr0oCUn8bqFW2xpl91vhBhewC4kjkX2zhzo4ZomUko75nrYRSvIXkeH80teKJM46IAxMRv4sgaqIyq1z9WANGLvEBR0Hoh5FLsswf3JicEll5ty7YGw/s4608/IMG_20230704_152534991_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjze_aQ79WdFhVcp_3QvsTEnc2ucs-rbUX2VD8X3JMSxoEIET00819vctf33c6j5HA9S-_ipeW2Cr0oCUn8bqFW2xpl91vhBhewC4kjkX2zhzo4ZomUko75nrYRSvIXkeH80teKJM46IAxMRv4sgaqIyq1z9WANGLvEBR0Hoh5FLsswf3JicEll5ty7YGw/s320/IMG_20230704_152534991_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">We had so many yummy desserts, but the cutest one was this flag cake! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuxLBGR_AQgRvzksmaxJ_h6lzA0HzHDNTfFIQtMu0HKAErMaOgG-7EZROQhqs1ePwRzzEiFcMarMoNj_qQgPU3_ZWYVVzUYcpr614jXJOKtt1zRipe0BJuVpU2d1Ylzrglzos586WKp42ib9M8ncD-DaD3Wotz5ezf2Y52DZ7f5vGxB7ZzbN-kgtAvKg/s4608/IMG_20230704_153703993_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuxLBGR_AQgRvzksmaxJ_h6lzA0HzHDNTfFIQtMu0HKAErMaOgG-7EZROQhqs1ePwRzzEiFcMarMoNj_qQgPU3_ZWYVVzUYcpr614jXJOKtt1zRipe0BJuVpU2d1Ylzrglzos586WKp42ib9M8ncD-DaD3Wotz5ezf2Y52DZ7f5vGxB7ZzbN-kgtAvKg/s320/IMG_20230704_153703993_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Something fun I decided to add this year was the game of Bingo. I'm always trying to do activities with the kids, but now that they are getting older I thought why not do something everyone can enjoy. I ended up finding this free printable 4th of July bingo set on Pinterest. I just had to go to the library, print it out and then I chose to mount the paper on cardstock so it would be more sturdy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjna_6SYUcowE2ZYINdWGZ5Vd7fGeG5i7wJWHzHSUHbhR0VJWdxU1RB8G0aFdzfdTRMtSioQsS6QIUARuPfVsDosk_7qDg0mcCihHyA73-l5sCMd0IqVLb6H43MmgP38FNbz4WimnNkVJ-O_L1IL_mavnpsX920uN6bVqTcP4MTnfwc4GMit34LOhnpiDI/s4608/IMG_20230704_153747733_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjna_6SYUcowE2ZYINdWGZ5Vd7fGeG5i7wJWHzHSUHbhR0VJWdxU1RB8G0aFdzfdTRMtSioQsS6QIUARuPfVsDosk_7qDg0mcCihHyA73-l5sCMd0IqVLb6H43MmgP38FNbz4WimnNkVJ-O_L1IL_mavnpsX920uN6bVqTcP4MTnfwc4GMit34LOhnpiDI/s320/IMG_20230704_153747733_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Everyone had their Bingo cards with all sorts of 4th of July images such as a flag, firework, hot dog and so on. It was so fun! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk9pFTIj6sRmG7KAGxsLKwjbuIgVxcuZqv_UScKpmJk5rlw54GG1uDVeXvRdRGKOCvTkmiOxFo3vKpk3tX2sB-w6501s1Vfh42P0Lu4Zc7UveYgOjgUvLHM98fWv-b_9moavp61rWQecmphduzQvLEvLDPp65tXku49JyrRk8Frx3SdSfq3vYvCpkmDA/s4608/IMG_20230704_153116733_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk9pFTIj6sRmG7KAGxsLKwjbuIgVxcuZqv_UScKpmJk5rlw54GG1uDVeXvRdRGKOCvTkmiOxFo3vKpk3tX2sB-w6501s1Vfh42P0Lu4Zc7UveYgOjgUvLHM98fWv-b_9moavp61rWQecmphduzQvLEvLDPp65tXku49JyrRk8Frx3SdSfq3vYvCpkmDA/s320/IMG_20230704_153116733_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">I had enough Bingo cards so 30 people could play.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">The kids and I had gone to the Dollar Tree to buy some cute, fun prizes for the winners. It was a little tricky because I had to buy those with a vast array of ages in mind. I ended up buying for 4 prizes. One for the person that got bingo in a diagonal line, one in a vertical line, one in a horizontal line and then finally for black out. Thankfully we didn't have two people get black out at the same time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFfP4S1xR_ChYJBx34d8PAEe-yfHbmasUV-UlQJdBCFRzBwHDHZZQnSiX1R0oFrC91MMZjYxBU_W-o05RmEy2irwDE5aICQa--XhzhG2wfs7a8hfO6Uq2h_7-djMeHSpby2Yj5XBqRlllOlryBF6CO1i2LeYCk43bwex8802kCIZY5mlPi206SxZzkVU/s4000/20230704_153057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFfP4S1xR_ChYJBx34d8PAEe-yfHbmasUV-UlQJdBCFRzBwHDHZZQnSiX1R0oFrC91MMZjYxBU_W-o05RmEy2irwDE5aICQa--XhzhG2wfs7a8hfO6Uq2h_7-djMeHSpby2Yj5XBqRlllOlryBF6CO1i2LeYCk43bwex8802kCIZY5mlPi206SxZzkVU/s320/20230704_153057.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Cheri won a cute watermelon bag with a fun cup that says...'One in a melon'! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVEDaD-Fhn3ZpyE49Ee59OAN08IQNHKXxLHXG6VAE4OFGj295WeNcVopS58FJqcAdFnX365uY_S9Usy-I0ITYQ8pwgk7vjpSLljIuGypatRqMdbpR72vr9xvR_z-JjTNn60l_4CnSrhvHTqcad_yPusALYKqeZvIoj2D9tJpOIIg5jymNJxBw_ipDx6s/s4000/20230704_153106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVEDaD-Fhn3ZpyE49Ee59OAN08IQNHKXxLHXG6VAE4OFGj295WeNcVopS58FJqcAdFnX365uY_S9Usy-I0ITYQ8pwgk7vjpSLljIuGypatRqMdbpR72vr9xvR_z-JjTNn60l_4CnSrhvHTqcad_yPusALYKqeZvIoj2D9tJpOIIg5jymNJxBw_ipDx6s/s320/20230704_153106.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Terrise won a frisbee and some Kool-Aid freezer pops! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTj2QVh2i-itd_ZvNzlbuZjtSfWB3iIDLJ2YCMT-ikzgIDDNT8qjF1sh4DmHHz0xpb8YqQISxb6S0a4Iv4vKcw5WdbcAl-q9iUKngk0cN2jKqhQAz05GTrYZSr8_lbVUkewZSGnzFQEI5RIRCYFxqA9OqkVFWGNEPKiCF4jgUTdu2iZFhgkwMOBnZsV4/s4000/20230704_153339.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTj2QVh2i-itd_ZvNzlbuZjtSfWB3iIDLJ2YCMT-ikzgIDDNT8qjF1sh4DmHHz0xpb8YqQISxb6S0a4Iv4vKcw5WdbcAl-q9iUKngk0cN2jKqhQAz05GTrYZSr8_lbVUkewZSGnzFQEI5RIRCYFxqA9OqkVFWGNEPKiCF4jgUTdu2iZFhgkwMOBnZsV4/w240-h320/20230704_153339.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Al won a pineapple tray with a cup that says...'Summer Vibes' or something along that line. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOhdxQM2x4nrHp54bA03mRIhp0XaRB2RfQfse6gE3yHFERwZdwwWAS86pEKCJhMO1j79FUYjhkrdMXbrXTaUmDQeR8jmmyUwkG6fQqY3xbZLcp7IYVCOpBRITfxLQRTWHsLnnfWZjmUjBs9oCIFzzsKgtaMIOZLnHBBz7_1lzza-FWYFZqkl3GMPb5wk/s4000/20230704_154031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOhdxQM2x4nrHp54bA03mRIhp0XaRB2RfQfse6gE3yHFERwZdwwWAS86pEKCJhMO1j79FUYjhkrdMXbrXTaUmDQeR8jmmyUwkG6fQqY3xbZLcp7IYVCOpBRITfxLQRTWHsLnnfWZjmUjBs9oCIFzzsKgtaMIOZLnHBBz7_1lzza-FWYFZqkl3GMPb5wk/s320/20230704_154031.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Stephanie won cute ice cream bowls and a colorful ice cream scoop! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPkJ2KQjjEL56LQZmanIJKK5WO_FicE8p7ifwTf_3w8XL8TG9b-czJgAA2KneNwxVDF2vJcgPpCGmGITgPFPtdq0fBJ7UuBS0iXTFrvrWVx86KwizqGm61vh6BJuspLEqCkU655m8Aot_6z1U8AbISDS38YuOycWsMADAXg_8gk4Q-8Shz0-IvGMpEPlM/s3648/20230704_160354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPkJ2KQjjEL56LQZmanIJKK5WO_FicE8p7ifwTf_3w8XL8TG9b-czJgAA2KneNwxVDF2vJcgPpCGmGITgPFPtdq0fBJ7UuBS0iXTFrvrWVx86KwizqGm61vh6BJuspLEqCkU655m8Aot_6z1U8AbISDS38YuOycWsMADAXg_8gk4Q-8Shz0-IvGMpEPlM/s320/20230704_160354.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">After Bingo Ellen and I noticed that we chose the same decal for our 4th of July shirts! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2Meq8iDJMeaiMwgFGxqxpP2pYtO9fcbwWVQIvZEPruEoOp3r0RO5kgPOVOfgsCn1tEGUAQVLWsKc0OWfZmX8TQsqW7nvGkOiw12wyodKx1h_y9XfMPmmD-N9hfsfRjxyus-faa5BAiAeUIHnyF_5JMoCJpC5p-OMzuSHfwKc9jvo_wYt8u1pqHVWvQY/s4000/20230704_160411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2Meq8iDJMeaiMwgFGxqxpP2pYtO9fcbwWVQIvZEPruEoOp3r0RO5kgPOVOfgsCn1tEGUAQVLWsKc0OWfZmX8TQsqW7nvGkOiw12wyodKx1h_y9XfMPmmD-N9hfsfRjxyus-faa5BAiAeUIHnyF_5JMoCJpC5p-OMzuSHfwKc9jvo_wYt8u1pqHVWvQY/s320/20230704_160411.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Barb & Ellen both chose to do a small decal in the front of their shirt and a large one in the back. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGo4tpOfceJ77Fl6q2tUWN96_eg3Kf_uZAWHByRLrcZCml85Pil0rsLc_RmsrBewWXSzyQC-l-XjvPCfCMzRaxO5tcOa9-pvu0ZvsbKBWqJsD-0TREMWD0MfKDY5O_IwigOs7t5-GLOaCxaFqkU5iMEnKUG9nf2CevMrjJK5GPt3YvmgNtu0Re0yGa8N4/s3648/20230704_161006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGo4tpOfceJ77Fl6q2tUWN96_eg3Kf_uZAWHByRLrcZCml85Pil0rsLc_RmsrBewWXSzyQC-l-XjvPCfCMzRaxO5tcOa9-pvu0ZvsbKBWqJsD-0TREMWD0MfKDY5O_IwigOs7t5-GLOaCxaFqkU5iMEnKUG9nf2CevMrjJK5GPt3YvmgNtu0Re0yGa8N4/s320/20230704_161006.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Sister from another Mister right here!!! Love this lady! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8c1Hx3ggO4I_3ZpeBj4lOn27_k1chm5KDvfJC283EF-A09qUHSRrO6vQ6N7Hl42UsMW4LLt8ZetjbKLpVRWpARsI80zE0pw3mMyKw-JlW6D1ciBS2qGPPmjNphhzSgpd_v5VUZ8Xb09BquIky6cDAwpcU-KXHmV1EwWuIq9tYcS4Akb1CxJzMMmsTwo/s4000/20230704_163618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8c1Hx3ggO4I_3ZpeBj4lOn27_k1chm5KDvfJC283EF-A09qUHSRrO6vQ6N7Hl42UsMW4LLt8ZetjbKLpVRWpARsI80zE0pw3mMyKw-JlW6D1ciBS2qGPPmjNphhzSgpd_v5VUZ8Xb09BquIky6cDAwpcU-KXHmV1EwWuIq9tYcS4Akb1CxJzMMmsTwo/s320/20230704_163618.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">The Tashiro-Townley Family! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Stephanie had to leave earlier than the rest of her family so we snuck in a quick pictures with all of them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEC9Tkhn1grGp40nR225xqKULf19cgBHXDIQkmquCIAJ6l4VXvbQuf6TMNlEX4xoXGlpCEVtmPWEdVgVMECUFFdh7wm4aVHRiGUBW16a71UeDAGPPhS4id3lyCUHsr_D7kFHVEqxiqMkne5jdZToG0NzMrThw6qSH_kHlzA3ptpmXPV0no8BT7F3pxLgw/s4000/20230704_163643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEC9Tkhn1grGp40nR225xqKULf19cgBHXDIQkmquCIAJ6l4VXvbQuf6TMNlEX4xoXGlpCEVtmPWEdVgVMECUFFdh7wm4aVHRiGUBW16a71UeDAGPPhS4id3lyCUHsr_D7kFHVEqxiqMkne5jdZToG0NzMrThw6qSH_kHlzA3ptpmXPV0no8BT7F3pxLgw/s320/20230704_163643.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Pa visiting with folks in his office. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCNJROFkwb3x7qwuqjPgPINbBaUFuLUgviOACgLFv4dkd5fcnU7T9jlhZEutDYk_p5nuugkv_nZnu0irFD6WJu45VDQ_Ok6HALeWMSo0MASyb9sSDIaAAsWL0qCkGKD8_XhDv1DXWyBsEThClx-3NoIPXxMRKjtWypo0wdJSm1Q1zAziDNG57c86bnmE/s4608/IMG_20230704_163803143_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCNJROFkwb3x7qwuqjPgPINbBaUFuLUgviOACgLFv4dkd5fcnU7T9jlhZEutDYk_p5nuugkv_nZnu0irFD6WJu45VDQ_Ok6HALeWMSo0MASyb9sSDIaAAsWL0qCkGKD8_XhDv1DXWyBsEThClx-3NoIPXxMRKjtWypo0wdJSm1Q1zAziDNG57c86bnmE/w300-h400/IMG_20230704_163803143_HDR.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">We brought out the photo props as well. I think we've been using these for at least 3 or 4 years now. This picture is hands down probably my favorite photo prop photo ever. I just love the girls expressions on their faces....they are so fitting for the props they chose to use. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4_37v8VnHEQWvyOKDeK-CYnlK5utGFUWtR25bI-_73tsWeLHpD_OEwWxwYk9NudIg64PaRBvosOEMKDgZs0bN_xLoHXiaBtILFyvZkOlVu_XEbKdq3kLg8SnTLqWWwolfkNJ4b1GD9Qxs1bytxagU7m22lDORfeGbpWmZbjdEsM_BM-udViSzvs34l8/s4000/20230704_164754.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4_37v8VnHEQWvyOKDeK-CYnlK5utGFUWtR25bI-_73tsWeLHpD_OEwWxwYk9NudIg64PaRBvosOEMKDgZs0bN_xLoHXiaBtILFyvZkOlVu_XEbKdq3kLg8SnTLqWWwolfkNJ4b1GD9Qxs1bytxagU7m22lDORfeGbpWmZbjdEsM_BM-udViSzvs34l8/s320/20230704_164754.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">The Tashiro-Townley brothers...just chilling on the couch. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYbbPrE4UzOkCqp_FCA0J5qm4Of1iEDbcrt3L5or2ADIm1zx8p_2ly3ShbsI0Vb7XUdCFdYXwA3hynEnB7dTwjH7c03hRQc263Sz7QB2dH4FD3lAFXk8GTTYV5A3mkyJLkAhSK1kYbvbtg5JtIsVQXFRrrbpCZ5LYpx--uAhQhIfCUMnqNwyxJom5xzg/s4000/20230704_164757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYbbPrE4UzOkCqp_FCA0J5qm4Of1iEDbcrt3L5or2ADIm1zx8p_2ly3ShbsI0Vb7XUdCFdYXwA3hynEnB7dTwjH7c03hRQc263Sz7QB2dH4FD3lAFXk8GTTYV5A3mkyJLkAhSK1kYbvbtg5JtIsVQXFRrrbpCZ5LYpx--uAhQhIfCUMnqNwyxJom5xzg/s320/20230704_164757.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">On the right is Scott their Dad...he is an excellent napper! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio89PKNebV4Mbr49zMDlaDnEYC2pJ-SRMYcYvKJ4JxNnqkSm9ntLq_bFhE4Hh5pXOVaR5vp8Xk617m_nYEVQDIQE6egsNKdHbd6sKw7gedvd3IHvKP582_cF5KPNWTZkPv215VGlMAyBu2sVXJoB_FaJuTrbZonlyp2r_njwingQ3UvyUynB5P6S7zs8s/s4000/20230704_165119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio89PKNebV4Mbr49zMDlaDnEYC2pJ-SRMYcYvKJ4JxNnqkSm9ntLq_bFhE4Hh5pXOVaR5vp8Xk617m_nYEVQDIQE6egsNKdHbd6sKw7gedvd3IHvKP582_cF5KPNWTZkPv215VGlMAyBu2sVXJoB_FaJuTrbZonlyp2r_njwingQ3UvyUynB5P6S7zs8s/s320/20230704_165119.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Caleb and Owen decided to add a little music to the festivities. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYhQ99FC3NbascIV0UArWjDMTmFUgq5vvtu-1Y7Dz04nFbLE_MDg7tqYoGceyypx6nOl3QMQON1D5V--L3U5em327oQLaQQUQOcpydPtWQkagx9FaxG3wnT0wXS3I2oA8izrDky0QcjzwDU2_fW8MC_uo_dpwaRyKqIquZm0-XB4exX2S-W3MNiTDAaI/s4000/20230704_165131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYhQ99FC3NbascIV0UArWjDMTmFUgq5vvtu-1Y7Dz04nFbLE_MDg7tqYoGceyypx6nOl3QMQON1D5V--L3U5em327oQLaQQUQOcpydPtWQkagx9FaxG3wnT0wXS3I2oA8izrDky0QcjzwDU2_fW8MC_uo_dpwaRyKqIquZm0-XB4exX2S-W3MNiTDAaI/s320/20230704_165131.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">So while Ga-Ga & Ellen were cleaning up the food they got to listen to some beautiful music! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwI3-N6V0kPbcT3pnQyHYdYSDG42gRIsCMCFGmcwSyImEMNOXhIF7bMfFJCqWG0VgF9cu3WmUFWQo6OTyDhsTJyRiyMEWtGQNWN8RpvDPPgxechTwTR-83sCEb9FWcBkkI2QruYrt8H73sE_jthkaFhvNVKJPrnC_nG1SnvoAm5WJUSxYlLE1Cz2E8QA/s4000/20230704_165138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwI3-N6V0kPbcT3pnQyHYdYSDG42gRIsCMCFGmcwSyImEMNOXhIF7bMfFJCqWG0VgF9cu3WmUFWQo6OTyDhsTJyRiyMEWtGQNWN8RpvDPPgxechTwTR-83sCEb9FWcBkkI2QruYrt8H73sE_jthkaFhvNVKJPrnC_nG1SnvoAm5WJUSxYlLE1Cz2E8QA/s320/20230704_165138.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Caleb has been playing the piano for quite a few years more than Owen. He's so good at and he really does enjoy it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1rsPfo1lFCYe8jDs_ZTfo8GxQUX0h0KbApVRFg9YJ_LBp1MuT4Q-idCKns_gP1MPFTeVi6aH5J1Me-W273O6MA0aF1JsApowAq8dhOiLzEeEmMDK0U7L6FTzUhD_pXLVHEVC9IhZzbt71hTp_tAlnoxSuQbbNsSamJVVkTQlOy2_9VQYVocQNfdhwAA/s4000/20230704_165357.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1rsPfo1lFCYe8jDs_ZTfo8GxQUX0h0KbApVRFg9YJ_LBp1MuT4Q-idCKns_gP1MPFTeVi6aH5J1Me-W273O6MA0aF1JsApowAq8dhOiLzEeEmMDK0U7L6FTzUhD_pXLVHEVC9IhZzbt71hTp_tAlnoxSuQbbNsSamJVVkTQlOy2_9VQYVocQNfdhwAA/s320/20230704_165357.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Owen got up and showed off some of his skills too. He's played now for about a year and a half and he's progressing so nicely! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuoWHNSLf-aFykwH5EoSGt76DIB3zNurZAlQGKRcu8qCaMms61JEEZNQak7X3c1knwHNupCfwVG-CR3oyIR_FYdfMmJi1NNIUJqKLHEol8zUfcynMlOhI-5yW6eKJPDdKxtX_pZ94hZu0l9EUpAWBSPUCEFAZCGiP5u4lXMRFFTeLcEO0phQnoGhvEH8/s4000/20230704_175216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuoWHNSLf-aFykwH5EoSGt76DIB3zNurZAlQGKRcu8qCaMms61JEEZNQak7X3c1knwHNupCfwVG-CR3oyIR_FYdfMmJi1NNIUJqKLHEol8zUfcynMlOhI-5yW6eKJPDdKxtX_pZ94hZu0l9EUpAWBSPUCEFAZCGiP5u4lXMRFFTeLcEO0phQnoGhvEH8/s320/20230704_175216.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Al & Kathy's time to head out. I just love these two sweet people. Kathy and I love giving each other a hard time! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8cvF7vQT_MFnO9i3OT00NiRtK7xyl8rGVTnK7dkV0TnP7qTfB75kZJjGMMh88WH5HcwIQKKQR5aTBibhaDv4PaYpKSe4sXBQ2TSMc-vILJUCPJQP4vRpWlXqpx6dfFHUAohapaxoFs-ypQ90gUH-SgGNJnjZWLcsmBXKls9VsEURmnbyIOIY6fO_XeA/s4000/20230704_175435.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8cvF7vQT_MFnO9i3OT00NiRtK7xyl8rGVTnK7dkV0TnP7qTfB75kZJjGMMh88WH5HcwIQKKQR5aTBibhaDv4PaYpKSe4sXBQ2TSMc-vILJUCPJQP4vRpWlXqpx6dfFHUAohapaxoFs-ypQ90gUH-SgGNJnjZWLcsmBXKls9VsEURmnbyIOIY6fO_XeA/s320/20230704_175435.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Dave & Debra's turn to head out! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">I didn't get a picture of everyone before they left...some people are sneaky when it's time to go! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UeuHtvybOwnfKqvTBQ-TvEzNJpPBTuyx8dE3c8J8_1ghffaWulUuPJcM3HUjBBP4TmUgtlmQbTDVK-FQJ8Q8cr9juoHX4BJYAecLTjDVWKTz5slaurMOBj1OYbS-yVFHOSLdQiCjbxk7yAJ5Co3Dwg0Knp1VA6tQqVQkKYD2EiMkFmmZU95l7I0akX4/s4000/20230704_175717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UeuHtvybOwnfKqvTBQ-TvEzNJpPBTuyx8dE3c8J8_1ghffaWulUuPJcM3HUjBBP4TmUgtlmQbTDVK-FQJ8Q8cr9juoHX4BJYAecLTjDVWKTz5slaurMOBj1OYbS-yVFHOSLdQiCjbxk7yAJ5Co3Dwg0Knp1VA6tQqVQkKYD2EiMkFmmZU95l7I0akX4/s320/20230704_175717.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">We love our Papa & Miss Ruth or as Ga-Ga calls her Ruthie! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rWtVFi68qdS5LPjFXR-pbaPQKLijdHqtP_vYs4K0TGrii-9AhAtGB8TxAYmxuJ2rG-oPvo2RJtqQYC4GlfcVz-5RxoUXGU8EvE_d5Ue5pDOUMSMFZqjiSqO9rDuKK6w6qp5fxO6l1UElNSfzFwMbHlgRH3s2yHcvyt6ILBZGzuOzsh6CE3ysNQpKQFE/s4000/20230704_180235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rWtVFi68qdS5LPjFXR-pbaPQKLijdHqtP_vYs4K0TGrii-9AhAtGB8TxAYmxuJ2rG-oPvo2RJtqQYC4GlfcVz-5RxoUXGU8EvE_d5Ue5pDOUMSMFZqjiSqO9rDuKK6w6qp5fxO6l1UElNSfzFwMbHlgRH3s2yHcvyt6ILBZGzuOzsh6CE3ysNQpKQFE/s320/20230704_180235.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Such special friends that are honestly family...Bill & Christina! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjBiA-jfQ6_JTog67ISMAR_KFP9Xjp_5ZaRHCaEQLRzkC9k2NRCI0iFQSEWnfFEE8BwmOlMBaIByUD0mNLoyiTmoM1QlLvEVwfam77b1abAKcLKlRqNKwBi9Kp63OcGLY9O8NqSHmDIkCmb8LfLRFh2Nbj1PR22QOJKn1OoBbaqq5sDOBOuICxefRukI/s4000/20230704_180331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjBiA-jfQ6_JTog67ISMAR_KFP9Xjp_5ZaRHCaEQLRzkC9k2NRCI0iFQSEWnfFEE8BwmOlMBaIByUD0mNLoyiTmoM1QlLvEVwfam77b1abAKcLKlRqNKwBi9Kp63OcGLY9O8NqSHmDIkCmb8LfLRFh2Nbj1PR22QOJKn1OoBbaqq5sDOBOuICxefRukI/s320/20230704_180331.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Look at that proud Papa face. Scott loves his boys. Josiah or Joe is on the left and Josh is on the right. These two have been a great addition to the youth group. We sure have enjoyed getting to know them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqwW7CDkDxAmoEpumiXr8DJGROHZ_G_rLDO9FwyZpNgazf4pcot5xaLzLCCpiUzJydkBG9Sc5UYJxRX_Uk1Fvs7ZsDlk3N7zW7eaqdNMybKiL1Xx9sVo99M_H1sqjZ8NlR0y07Cq6omup9xISpG_IHTY5OIEjMcUbT1LC4bw8QboTXTzQACzqS9gof3A/s4000/20230704_181818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqwW7CDkDxAmoEpumiXr8DJGROHZ_G_rLDO9FwyZpNgazf4pcot5xaLzLCCpiUzJydkBG9Sc5UYJxRX_Uk1Fvs7ZsDlk3N7zW7eaqdNMybKiL1Xx9sVo99M_H1sqjZ8NlR0y07Cq6omup9xISpG_IHTY5OIEjMcUbT1LC4bw8QboTXTzQACzqS9gof3A/s320/20230704_181818.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yfueeZMacf3ru-fyRM3wX4kgYmZ2m5Ws8Ris5cygf-UNibg7i2RsnNMQYGxGU_BThq7E6w-PWlaTX1EbahdCinGfd5_yo704KftyC1r0M6EvVa1CiWUzV7luXgV1YP2KYsPBLnYRMjCE2LBGGVekm7AKAGCfsgQfpKQh2R47HgYf4OL3UHXgXCo8iMY/s4000/20230704_181813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">These the older peeps got in on the fun! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDYkcBmi1pChBZCU4EGqIlWjxF7ae_IGoRS2cZyzwGBqDqZ9eE7Jnx4RkN42G8aaNIaHZq1mnjQVFtXBQDCZ_Qyk2HcW705sE1PcX_I8AvYQ434Dcr8NpofADGAU8oPYrJeOT3ifKCc44FQMLUN7unymSiwBSDW_PAtqHqZoEANIviHxVeGsd_ypcG78/s4000/20230704_190955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDYkcBmi1pChBZCU4EGqIlWjxF7ae_IGoRS2cZyzwGBqDqZ9eE7Jnx4RkN42G8aaNIaHZq1mnjQVFtXBQDCZ_Qyk2HcW705sE1PcX_I8AvYQ434Dcr8NpofADGAU8oPYrJeOT3ifKCc44FQMLUN7unymSiwBSDW_PAtqHqZoEANIviHxVeGsd_ypcG78/s320/20230704_190955.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">I love that I captured the moment that Barb was mesmerized by the fireworks! Hahaha! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3_yRBgp2FPCBq6aHK3TfwONYLgrjCaR5f40KMXsMtoF0mXqj95jeYtfMZYP1ulzmQvykckTErO9dr14Hi09bo69U5Y0shNvigyK3e_lacVuqfP1wqjGhMI1lXyuolI-tpOcWSROKRH4B89UMzcRP1IXCCeu5HYXdEJIj3oPNwtM8UO0uao_SWmaAMow/s4608/IMG_20230704_191023899_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3_yRBgp2FPCBq6aHK3TfwONYLgrjCaR5f40KMXsMtoF0mXqj95jeYtfMZYP1ulzmQvykckTErO9dr14Hi09bo69U5Y0shNvigyK3e_lacVuqfP1wqjGhMI1lXyuolI-tpOcWSROKRH4B89UMzcRP1IXCCeu5HYXdEJIj3oPNwtM8UO0uao_SWmaAMow/s320/IMG_20230704_191023899_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">The festive host and hostess!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oe_N5kDUutIDgNmby9pyIb6Pkjqtzzkque6avkCmLXCvuw8uny4OW9yjB8plHseS9Wz-RbudjBNn0eDOh-AC1TfXPGEBIN7KZXshHlXnVWjFb-VSMI7hvDsLGaUVOMTA-bER_iNH5on5nEWUqq2k8iyKnolIm6hVhjW10iWjYc1y0-9iBDoMEPgiK68/s4000/20230704_191042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oe_N5kDUutIDgNmby9pyIb6Pkjqtzzkque6avkCmLXCvuw8uny4OW9yjB8plHseS9Wz-RbudjBNn0eDOh-AC1TfXPGEBIN7KZXshHlXnVWjFb-VSMI7hvDsLGaUVOMTA-bER_iNH5on5nEWUqq2k8iyKnolIm6hVhjW10iWjYc1y0-9iBDoMEPgiK68/s320/20230704_191042.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Besties! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdzzVgMpIFGe5EMSFIgYeWzJ_Vbp6k8Zukwuwip8jr_qjyTizMENlcvja410kDDg8yxGwUdC8ftyF97Nn8ePPG6asADYZqvtvbZqPB1DF3mEqtTUUtdqtm8RElYVRrryowtVMwLFPV52kGqyYRfVdVcngANGKA1B9BM53cKdNtajUwEmC9pE28HFO5F8/s4000/20230704_191215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdzzVgMpIFGe5EMSFIgYeWzJ_Vbp6k8Zukwuwip8jr_qjyTizMENlcvja410kDDg8yxGwUdC8ftyF97Nn8ePPG6asADYZqvtvbZqPB1DF3mEqtTUUtdqtm8RElYVRrryowtVMwLFPV52kGqyYRfVdVcngANGKA1B9BM53cKdNtajUwEmC9pE28HFO5F8/s320/20230704_191215.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">With all their grandkids! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbJQdabTXkpui2FkPziBInamzN4Iix_yCKHVVXMTQZJdxRBYXuqKt5WS9pPMfXCxpIFIyJrFgNU8nld2FMn67RKj3ih5zWRWtfY343lLS6poC6L8WDAwu0p7yoAXU__59_Z8hkVdzHO6K5otVOJYbUk8UbdlDso81ga_JZQW6z7bk4O57NbOjZDgdisU/s4000/20230704_191253.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbJQdabTXkpui2FkPziBInamzN4Iix_yCKHVVXMTQZJdxRBYXuqKt5WS9pPMfXCxpIFIyJrFgNU8nld2FMn67RKj3ih5zWRWtfY343lLS6poC6L8WDAwu0p7yoAXU__59_Z8hkVdzHO6K5otVOJYbUk8UbdlDso81ga_JZQW6z7bk4O57NbOjZDgdisU/s320/20230704_191253.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Grand girls! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-babL0m3_D2py6IT2rcF6r7T5w90YEgIl6tPx7XU8zVVumfuw8NWYlIfNCeV0feFqndTewqCIZ16Wk8svDePu8RkyJUVtT7R8UTDsJnBymoUhFAptzr31jEsWKbCX4yHXZ-kq9cbV7VRrZkcIMcRcOOAhhrsXT5tDEAGjDQcgAmxysoFP7Qz7HSkcfRo/s4000/20230704_191311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-babL0m3_D2py6IT2rcF6r7T5w90YEgIl6tPx7XU8zVVumfuw8NWYlIfNCeV0feFqndTewqCIZ16Wk8svDePu8RkyJUVtT7R8UTDsJnBymoUhFAptzr31jEsWKbCX4yHXZ-kq9cbV7VRrZkcIMcRcOOAhhrsXT5tDEAGjDQcgAmxysoFP7Qz7HSkcfRo/s320/20230704_191311.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Grand boys! I love how Zeke is snuggling Ga-Ga! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidReiPF8SiPJ5qB0qowzESOLI8azgk11N0CfQWvxzBPrX1w4bz7qiqUQwgZd8uUMDQIs-J8_2DrBS3OMMl6mJ0tqp-thpanIa9bE6ab8bHz5z0Ur7wAVWzR6K68MzmhoYPkwQic27xN6u9QXVEHLaAfNiOhhrQeBVEBF36kiQ0rSRO91hUUV-ECJyjFa8/s4000/20230704_191445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidReiPF8SiPJ5qB0qowzESOLI8azgk11N0CfQWvxzBPrX1w4bz7qiqUQwgZd8uUMDQIs-J8_2DrBS3OMMl6mJ0tqp-thpanIa9bE6ab8bHz5z0Ur7wAVWzR6K68MzmhoYPkwQic27xN6u9QXVEHLaAfNiOhhrQeBVEBF36kiQ0rSRO91hUUV-ECJyjFa8/s320/20230704_191445.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">The ladies! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk_eGjC6UpkmLHnGiVRhQ1z3-VddOe4MFgNmuvdtbH1OkA5EU2UgeL3Aq9FouG5Bfrrjjtm2K01zw2pBPIcwbnZnvs6lNOaU3G6O4Btg4CLTZMz6kyCKAeWL9ZNhJQ2UBB-hpm72soJYGqsi-yZTZim0nIInsVOOK5ASFSyQ3FIc5cN5MccjU0_muEyI/s4000/20230704_191734.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk_eGjC6UpkmLHnGiVRhQ1z3-VddOe4MFgNmuvdtbH1OkA5EU2UgeL3Aq9FouG5Bfrrjjtm2K01zw2pBPIcwbnZnvs6lNOaU3G6O4Btg4CLTZMz6kyCKAeWL9ZNhJQ2UBB-hpm72soJYGqsi-yZTZim0nIInsVOOK5ASFSyQ3FIc5cN5MccjU0_muEyI/s320/20230704_191734.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Every year we have tried to recreate this picture that we originally took in 2018. It's always hard for the poor kids because of the sun. They are such troopers for us moms that like our traditions. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">The girls wanted to be artsy with their bodies so I got them all posed and had them spell out USA! </span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwDRkFO8tNYymS6b-puTLfJKzi1fxAIubJTA6pthlI-3brfpaXQtX9Rs8rjPV68zf0xYJmimIkOmN8gLql-tjRYURVOFORi3yVbm8w9CdvuCszefv6cbUjom6Jvz9lXNUFlx229PoEazoNcXI1wteuyI5X9E2OCfzH2rjzSGBZ4dMKXYtoKRNFjnK_wE/s4000/20230704_192232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwDRkFO8tNYymS6b-puTLfJKzi1fxAIubJTA6pthlI-3brfpaXQtX9Rs8rjPV68zf0xYJmimIkOmN8gLql-tjRYURVOFORi3yVbm8w9CdvuCszefv6cbUjom6Jvz9lXNUFlx229PoEazoNcXI1wteuyI5X9E2OCfzH2rjzSGBZ4dMKXYtoKRNFjnK_wE/s320/20230704_192232.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OHE-zoaGGwuiYH2ybNYajW9OheQKZDNtir0MDl_mNLdCP5MO7Hxw_1tnn75Y80OUz2wSJ5l3xklOM7DnE3e6T7CtkRRBl4QMuJED9X9csHVOaq4ZWdTnBQUHuDhNct67jhpGvNTcM4HQenfPN2SStwc_Fjaj5poiIAFxFlVdI-_Rbj-THkQzFjkEtK0/s4000/20230704_192351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OHE-zoaGGwuiYH2ybNYajW9OheQKZDNtir0MDl_mNLdCP5MO7Hxw_1tnn75Y80OUz2wSJ5l3xklOM7DnE3e6T7CtkRRBl4QMuJED9X9csHVOaq4ZWdTnBQUHuDhNct67jhpGvNTcM4HQenfPN2SStwc_Fjaj5poiIAFxFlVdI-_Rbj-THkQzFjkEtK0/s320/20230704_192351.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-mmlSJp3OSJ8J6VRrjS5z8htj5n63HQXcq4MdORiv-6DIfQWyLbGxVjiKxcIYL9QN_V62wKSxJE4lezs8b1_WC5StbG9s2KsI0WXDxqnXGnfOP8Jza0EyJki9qFwN6ReiS0U8j48WVDbO-XJ6NM25QBZn-xv2GPqeOyvqEPFO5qxx5ZyAwFGVypiqRs/s4000/20230704_192443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-mmlSJp3OSJ8J6VRrjS5z8htj5n63HQXcq4MdORiv-6DIfQWyLbGxVjiKxcIYL9QN_V62wKSxJE4lezs8b1_WC5StbG9s2KsI0WXDxqnXGnfOP8Jza0EyJki9qFwN6ReiS0U8j48WVDbO-XJ6NM25QBZn-xv2GPqeOyvqEPFO5qxx5ZyAwFGVypiqRs/s320/20230704_192443.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Time for the fireworks! 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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0YuacXGnJEQ0zw0SUzH951s6vWFYP7EeAXqO-ubcdg-qfugHsMin4LXbYefO2l6WT5nl15AMZK_BQmL8JdMTYOtC0e8NF5AFQKOs79PSmRC7eXn-5SonVV6LsEqkLEV_k54V8MMiJ8zrjEd0NI46tl7PY0vWwft3yakoMN04YR2hfHlJVARfBj67PEk/s4608/IMG_20230704_212753366_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0YuacXGnJEQ0zw0SUzH951s6vWFYP7EeAXqO-ubcdg-qfugHsMin4LXbYefO2l6WT5nl15AMZK_BQmL8JdMTYOtC0e8NF5AFQKOs79PSmRC7eXn-5SonVV6LsEqkLEV_k54V8MMiJ8zrjEd0NI46tl7PY0vWwft3yakoMN04YR2hfHlJVARfBj67PEk/s320/IMG_20230704_212753366_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">I love doing life with these folks! So many fun memories! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hE3N-BGJ6ncRiO687-qmdSnOzXM30ql6ryZkGn_tj3IfFC1RL-4vcVY8JUNDw2nf-ljAsrI0JXB_cDRUwjH7Fz5wpMeSvz0sf2iYeRDVDEwvlLfIbJ45ul_31HiWemUN3jY07_yv5OsJRRjW7VA4QNZmlmd111T1JXGuK0ZOBCN2bAC_acqLDpt6EQY/s4608/IMG_20230704_212759076_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hE3N-BGJ6ncRiO687-qmdSnOzXM30ql6ryZkGn_tj3IfFC1RL-4vcVY8JUNDw2nf-ljAsrI0JXB_cDRUwjH7Fz5wpMeSvz0sf2iYeRDVDEwvlLfIbJ45ul_31HiWemUN3jY07_yv5OsJRRjW7VA4QNZmlmd111T1JXGuK0ZOBCN2bAC_acqLDpt6EQY/s320/IMG_20230704_212759076_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">We got the parachute fireworks and had the boys run after one of the parachute guys and then the girls got the next one. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxk2OJnhtwZX2Ctej_sQaS2XEPyC7ZvNJh-YijzFUNel-oibW2a2ghSLI5Go_a2gvpvGBWGkwEc1DVhx2fInLWoWRq55pQeJlBwXInsCb9wlNbHqK2BLqJd_ccJhbPiPrFOCJ4imuJhfT_NtnxuGGXdrWqTfNckv7hFk29ILzc6OtvJa2QCwylkDYaiFQ/s4608/IMG_20230704_213343818_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">taking this picture!!! :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTP8q3PTzTr4aSqpP17HtlPekQ7LS--yO5Da8V1lQKGbd_JMoQTrUT3cVOzU_v3wa0ntZhTIFC9ywzPaj9GLXqISGGtBFXIlL9KNFycV2JepSpuksvOfRcVA2HogFwgJqx9miUrQoqT0mUJ0yzDDUKGx85Fkd45MzFuUwn1cH_LFGW4FyMZdKCeL3JRpI/s4000/20230704_214147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTP8q3PTzTr4aSqpP17HtlPekQ7LS--yO5Da8V1lQKGbd_JMoQTrUT3cVOzU_v3wa0ntZhTIFC9ywzPaj9GLXqISGGtBFXIlL9KNFycV2JepSpuksvOfRcVA2HogFwgJqx9miUrQoqT0mUJ0yzDDUKGx85Fkd45MzFuUwn1cH_LFGW4FyMZdKCeL3JRpI/s320/20230704_214147.jpg" width="240" /><span style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">The kids love the sparklers/morning glories even though they are a little freaky to light. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhh8nyfhldYp9qKcz1EQVHPavhSfKFRRmBwDU7HNNYcVmkibh6d-sEPgNh9ZoXuQ28cwymlvRs0arxFC7I53zyLDc_y97rwZkP50VqmewAPpBVPzkDD1_x_8YDnhOt7726k_ptszcQ_7Q9y_KKPJxa5iZ9qr_yKsdL-OuP6mee4VWOvhUZFJHeXu3J4jg/s4000/20230704_215917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">When you snap the picture at the exact moment the morning glory ignites. No one was injured! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Another wonderful holiday spent celebrating our great nation and the freedoms that we get to enjoy. In the words of Lee Greenwood....God Bless the USA!!!</span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-51392498984101762392023-06-28T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-21T10:52:30.189-07:00Copalis River RV Camping Trip - Day 3 & 4 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">On Monday, June 26th, we got up had breakfast and then hung around camp waiting for Michael to get back. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn3P6ezjTC5h9lRxhqdFDejidPll1MMB8G38AkHBef3I4igVDd5wmEvkDZBcD8HGcvg_aZBw8cWJ8DT8vYnuw0Xs-F31VVbpglQx377joU6X4T69BX-Wh9KO9BnvbSTw_4Owq3W6SIA3sPeLVjTQoCtceHEii02mDs0DdIngC42IdpyPZryFNSH9Mj3Q/s4608/IMG_20230626_092139441_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn3P6ezjTC5h9lRxhqdFDejidPll1MMB8G38AkHBef3I4igVDd5wmEvkDZBcD8HGcvg_aZBw8cWJ8DT8vYnuw0Xs-F31VVbpglQx377joU6X4T69BX-Wh9KO9BnvbSTw_4Owq3W6SIA3sPeLVjTQoCtceHEii02mDs0DdIngC42IdpyPZryFNSH9Mj3Q/s320/IMG_20230626_092139441_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The girls had fun being artsy. Anna had this cool clipboard that would open up and hold extra paper and her color pencils inside. It was so neat I ordered one for Ella just like it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_9L6pevXZBTQP7THLg88qqcXaNz6WCpkNoQgIbo1jw8w9R5dUPgxTaMQbq8bLl0x-7qmdmOA_tdr1hO7_Kq0WfXLmrbtpakJYtyLKVNOmUq1qQokzIfDEYSwv2fLKSFhgeCIzQp-yDNIxbCoZQ5q92Il25oj3MxitSdz7eegTyPKT8NVlqBE2t6OPqk/s4608/IMG_20230626_104403376_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_9L6pevXZBTQP7THLg88qqcXaNz6WCpkNoQgIbo1jw8w9R5dUPgxTaMQbq8bLl0x-7qmdmOA_tdr1hO7_Kq0WfXLmrbtpakJYtyLKVNOmUq1qQokzIfDEYSwv2fLKSFhgeCIzQp-yDNIxbCoZQ5q92Il25oj3MxitSdz7eegTyPKT8NVlqBE2t6OPqk/s320/IMG_20230626_104403376_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The girls headed off into the wood to swing on the rope swing again. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOBs1XjSAgUQnbpjVLQtOxek-FB6yAsoq9KSumEBk5hIJLTx7nMZnSst-jNk_W_naS1yBE3VtfqVtr6C7UBcF8hrqBGSEo_P2OLjX_Ys4h-ICNuzSypwdC3HMIPKLQMpESKce6rwZmoBdAa4GpQCTIDtwZXPVH2Dq2KlFQk6_Pp1oHhCz3l-Ha7Hg3ks/s4608/IMG_20230626_104511221_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOBs1XjSAgUQnbpjVLQtOxek-FB6yAsoq9KSumEBk5hIJLTx7nMZnSst-jNk_W_naS1yBE3VtfqVtr6C7UBcF8hrqBGSEo_P2OLjX_Ys4h-ICNuzSypwdC3HMIPKLQMpESKce6rwZmoBdAa4GpQCTIDtwZXPVH2Dq2KlFQk6_Pp1oHhCz3l-Ha7Hg3ks/s320/IMG_20230626_104511221_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">By this point some of the kids' thighs were starting to feel sore from gripping the rope. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QZIxBpdNV1j3uUnMdnZa2KRDQf79IZt-7qs3Kceu5F78dTtRYOPgtzX_dcV9btHEXvZ-hiC7lsjOuoA1KzBcxIHwcgZaFN_DZDZxuCCSO9pzaKd7tqh3gup2S_GNdlMAy5FY_w4T4FRjDC_TcghXnp8ddGQDvpeKpb6j-d6L6n3zblzCxnUUdpZEjnc/s4608/IMG_20230626_104610221_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QZIxBpdNV1j3uUnMdnZa2KRDQf79IZt-7qs3Kceu5F78dTtRYOPgtzX_dcV9btHEXvZ-hiC7lsjOuoA1KzBcxIHwcgZaFN_DZDZxuCCSO9pzaKd7tqh3gup2S_GNdlMAy5FY_w4T4FRjDC_TcghXnp8ddGQDvpeKpb6j-d6L6n3zblzCxnUUdpZEjnc/s320/IMG_20230626_104610221_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">But that didn't stop them! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tm9bmRxcV8_kwds6ZOo8BnUanAoyo5q70K29soVSu6un8DkBQikOKtYd7DOuRWV-J-on2CpGCPbdhr0hZDtapdfnCxf9gJNrPH_JMc6GAgQZb_h0HI_A8pDu5OaMdd5vJeVuUZtzPS2JzahAOoqz7MYcVuX-p98rvQQ6AtLKNydH9qyd-XX4JGmiJxE/s4608/IMG_20230626_110054922_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tm9bmRxcV8_kwds6ZOo8BnUanAoyo5q70K29soVSu6un8DkBQikOKtYd7DOuRWV-J-on2CpGCPbdhr0hZDtapdfnCxf9gJNrPH_JMc6GAgQZb_h0HI_A8pDu5OaMdd5vJeVuUZtzPS2JzahAOoqz7MYcVuX-p98rvQQ6AtLKNydH9qyd-XX4JGmiJxE/s320/IMG_20230626_110054922_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Michael got back right around 11am. I was teaching the kids how to play Kings in the Corner. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyffEot6wdWzDJQNQ6aXwOD_hruXuanmuf3ytitRnD0D2oc7HiXuhP4t5YnVYPkO7NLB9ZV0zT3_fgOnZhVnxESvvjo7SJZrjR7FgWm8wvQRtaSeJauziFn2vQ8p757cJhx57EtYQXn7AFg5hNSC0Edz1E8f7jJQJDrOFbHWs-AEhwKyLxFugB6yNBEk/s4608/IMG_20230626_121052774_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyffEot6wdWzDJQNQ6aXwOD_hruXuanmuf3ytitRnD0D2oc7HiXuhP4t5YnVYPkO7NLB9ZV0zT3_fgOnZhVnxESvvjo7SJZrjR7FgWm8wvQRtaSeJauziFn2vQ8p757cJhx57EtYQXn7AFg5hNSC0Edz1E8f7jJQJDrOFbHWs-AEhwKyLxFugB6yNBEk/s320/IMG_20230626_121052774_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Here's was Anna's finished art project! She did such a great job. There are tons of birdhouses all around the campground. One of the residents there builds them and gives them away for donations. Last time we stayed here we got one and then we brought it home and either Ella or Zeke painted it. We planned to get another one this time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiiARIdM9zztr2vuHkLfrkOMBa6PFX2M3ohMgESSWYG9VsGE1H6LF8tGwdOhXgfEjjTDGQWN7XpvfJ6mK-nZp3L2ioa4-bGZiDwXobeNPIWft_SSvQxAD67w51n8tzVv27Kuhq8M-JIkQ-1Gy1696vShMImh2DfSwke8qKJOod9SCJS6XB3Ar9d2YAJg/s4000/20230626_124244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiiARIdM9zztr2vuHkLfrkOMBa6PFX2M3ohMgESSWYG9VsGE1H6LF8tGwdOhXgfEjjTDGQWN7XpvfJ6mK-nZp3L2ioa4-bGZiDwXobeNPIWft_SSvQxAD67w51n8tzVv27Kuhq8M-JIkQ-1Gy1696vShMImh2DfSwke8qKJOod9SCJS6XB3Ar9d2YAJg/s320/20230626_124244.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Around 12:30 we were at the beach at Ocean Shores. It was windy and very misty. In fact you could only hear the ocean you couldn't see it when we first got there. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeroPY7kJSM3vkEiny5E8hu1BZdzVjl9dH-AbKvAZCtIBBel7YR_8JR2hItZPHCWUw4BI15sYDhgmzyYwHit8DvZS6xXPa74stfp9AgFmDh_gDkquy_9MVY9F_uL8yFbVdTtLP-wPWV0rptSoN06qVMLB5p60mVrWurQxlN-UhWPigUEnIsn4deGWutw/s4000/20230626_124306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeroPY7kJSM3vkEiny5E8hu1BZdzVjl9dH-AbKvAZCtIBBel7YR_8JR2hItZPHCWUw4BI15sYDhgmzyYwHit8DvZS6xXPa74stfp9AgFmDh_gDkquy_9MVY9F_uL8yFbVdTtLP-wPWV0rptSoN06qVMLB5p60mVrWurQxlN-UhWPigUEnIsn4deGWutw/s320/20230626_124306.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">I had bought a kite at the store prior to coming out to the ocean. Michael was helping Zeke get the hang of it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQrMMcC7CQfu86EY45NkVwfHxyaDQnFvuMsqlNMhXZRrGHotijMMx1Oa_pZB8QHluc7cfBQpuM08YDTo02BFmOJF4bMbixIHmdNkWVO3jIswd51z0wS0VDwP72QKZi82Mc6TEAGZ7K2oHmiX1GZERKXUKEL4ZKfk3fVFvAWb4w32SlgV34qjrnK8mTEc/s4000/20230626_124308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQrMMcC7CQfu86EY45NkVwfHxyaDQnFvuMsqlNMhXZRrGHotijMMx1Oa_pZB8QHluc7cfBQpuM08YDTo02BFmOJF4bMbixIHmdNkWVO3jIswd51z0wS0VDwP72QKZi82Mc6TEAGZ7K2oHmiX1GZERKXUKEL4ZKfk3fVFvAWb4w32SlgV34qjrnK8mTEc/s320/20230626_124308.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">There's just something so sweet about this picture. A daddy with his youngest! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSY6WluG4Y3i1gpNCjOjlMTXcwHPzdTNRWnKue7G9fj-zn1_EPQdxT5CTCaB5IFY52VAIvK7xmXVnw_t81zHOhMfdVExtcws_PkF0pwoVfvcjmmSBuJTaJ__GcfGcMjcXjM7Qq1cDWxlRl4sr5lKLwBKNmAEnZdc1TbPxqc18mjF8A9jHq8RItF_Q1xOw/s4000/20230626_130546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSY6WluG4Y3i1gpNCjOjlMTXcwHPzdTNRWnKue7G9fj-zn1_EPQdxT5CTCaB5IFY52VAIvK7xmXVnw_t81zHOhMfdVExtcws_PkF0pwoVfvcjmmSBuJTaJ__GcfGcMjcXjM7Qq1cDWxlRl4sr5lKLwBKNmAEnZdc1TbPxqc18mjF8A9jHq8RItF_Q1xOw/s320/20230626_130546.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The girls had been out closer to the water posing. They decided to come in so Ella could use my phone. I thought they looks so cute running in! Once Ella had my phone they were off to pose for more pictures. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWR8S94eDpUiGsq72hJPSiXrApTiEGQED7VgZXFv9VboAWCaoHBzFfd0koyf4rk5GB60oeWfySV1FaojurW8UDBPH7TmrJbpLXdcN0MJQogj_VbKTu1Z5-GnVSxvToAzzxK_6Myh4YU2CIuU9h92od1uvb-RbMyma4HOTzvL2jOBqsI45SOjUum9CbDY/s4000/20230626_131034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWR8S94eDpUiGsq72hJPSiXrApTiEGQED7VgZXFv9VboAWCaoHBzFfd0koyf4rk5GB60oeWfySV1FaojurW8UDBPH7TmrJbpLXdcN0MJQogj_VbKTu1Z5-GnVSxvToAzzxK_6Myh4YU2CIuU9h92od1uvb-RbMyma4HOTzvL2jOBqsI45SOjUum9CbDY/s320/20230626_131034.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguR0_qBrHDL5QWisY6xfqd-zXSFaG1MYiwRMl9TywAHeeEdNvc1ABzM6E50vGJkASn6GHOHUzoa24q3_LmOSwgPqlqpW2Csc1akWFXTdVcOsbiGF6JwX3PAhZIjoTt8bY5sPD103pZ1gVDj_hzRQwwg_-wS6Sx-mDheMbJff6NcxPo5mh35Yr0tRlYivY/s4000/20230626_131047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguR0_qBrHDL5QWisY6xfqd-zXSFaG1MYiwRMl9TywAHeeEdNvc1ABzM6E50vGJkASn6GHOHUzoa24q3_LmOSwgPqlqpW2Csc1akWFXTdVcOsbiGF6JwX3PAhZIjoTt8bY5sPD103pZ1gVDj_hzRQwwg_-wS6Sx-mDheMbJff6NcxPo5mh35Yr0tRlYivY/s320/20230626_131047.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh94ycpJT97_dNvt5QIiQpAP5vyoR0FwwqHYy8Uk8j0PF66gvXdHuZrqadwX1oVQ6SYZtDCxevsD70EFOxw9uVoZXomDrH_1tHVfpYpRfj6h8juqjuKsh6c4l7ro5sy3IV-d_HIjB7PvSrlF-VonYazTVWOk_C5kzLs4uPieWvXy_X-aAU2bkASmDcuqaQ/s4000/20230626_131812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh94ycpJT97_dNvt5QIiQpAP5vyoR0FwwqHYy8Uk8j0PF66gvXdHuZrqadwX1oVQ6SYZtDCxevsD70EFOxw9uVoZXomDrH_1tHVfpYpRfj6h8juqjuKsh6c4l7ro5sy3IV-d_HIjB7PvSrlF-VonYazTVWOk_C5kzLs4uPieWvXy_X-aAU2bkASmDcuqaQ/s320/20230626_131812.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Such sweet friends! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BWKPLS_rDiXVksukrLtyHLdEKIOK7xAdLa9FqZ1-m2BT4G5Jtc0Hb3N8ZODSp_HtNvw_nGiSUGcHrXblsehD6fRogp16ThMspyZoNnyX-EVpDiLqLA7Br-EVnlmU0eag0b1o9QTXD9WFfuKeDjGGp09Vy3hr7gDlU_coTYuY0XOcszpvIYFHGh3Lsa0/s4000/20230626_132745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BWKPLS_rDiXVksukrLtyHLdEKIOK7xAdLa9FqZ1-m2BT4G5Jtc0Hb3N8ZODSp_HtNvw_nGiSUGcHrXblsehD6fRogp16ThMspyZoNnyX-EVpDiLqLA7Br-EVnlmU0eag0b1o9QTXD9WFfuKeDjGGp09Vy3hr7gDlU_coTYuY0XOcszpvIYFHGh3Lsa0/s320/20230626_132745.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">They actually did a really good job showcasing their personalities here! 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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYbGSEWa0Mv6eZmRgGUdHN6NPgJpzvHrVWUkapgSg21YTeVOtCC-Li8fVXaCKAPd2gL_sZpwMDCa_BdM8zG5JyQ1Vi8teG89CKQHr-EX5xRVhHmhvvAZkUBS2SO5ytFpwc_70vZtw4OVqXnAJdlboqqysP7I7_tZvZsViRDDsbaaFXmpA2McqgY0GawE/s4608/IMG_20230626_130730315_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYbGSEWa0Mv6eZmRgGUdHN6NPgJpzvHrVWUkapgSg21YTeVOtCC-Li8fVXaCKAPd2gL_sZpwMDCa_BdM8zG5JyQ1Vi8teG89CKQHr-EX5xRVhHmhvvAZkUBS2SO5ytFpwc_70vZtw4OVqXnAJdlboqqysP7I7_tZvZsViRDDsbaaFXmpA2McqgY0GawE/s320/IMG_20230626_130730315_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">I was freezing because of the wind, but after this picture Christina got me a picnic tablecloth and it was the best windbreaker. I was so nice and warm! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3HVQ3albmIN4PWv_fLhoWGpbk48ng6m_bQwe958CpOdv_dP7N81PvMM2GteOyHJIiWgdmnkoyzl7TBWgMnMxWpivjmbUcgG9dVPGiSEDXqwW_4k3TEqjVMiX84ByIit1P1LNqPd6Fe5bddW6NeSfYBWcoiWFlT-MK9g0SzfVz3sxeTeeteuXphQ1o2c/s4608/IMG_20230626_140842557_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3HVQ3albmIN4PWv_fLhoWGpbk48ng6m_bQwe958CpOdv_dP7N81PvMM2GteOyHJIiWgdmnkoyzl7TBWgMnMxWpivjmbUcgG9dVPGiSEDXqwW_4k3TEqjVMiX84ByIit1P1LNqPd6Fe5bddW6NeSfYBWcoiWFlT-MK9g0SzfVz3sxeTeeteuXphQ1o2c/s320/IMG_20230626_140842557_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Kids decided it was time to make sand sculptures. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCRz4svLnKO66FOwlvkOwJkbaPZjPNRcljrF0NP5NZwDyk8TJB-rtPAxjRO3B3YiEdtu3gTKjx0s29APWLInUG-4Xv8fEHJpVXe1fimIVXyczucGRnh2IgWQbwrdDcDIl13YYs0rPkjoXXHACmmOd0ImfHXyRX1zwI-GW1gFECsJmY0A5ij2tAvjpciQ/s4608/IMG_20230626_144223852_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCRz4svLnKO66FOwlvkOwJkbaPZjPNRcljrF0NP5NZwDyk8TJB-rtPAxjRO3B3YiEdtu3gTKjx0s29APWLInUG-4Xv8fEHJpVXe1fimIVXyczucGRnh2IgWQbwrdDcDIl13YYs0rPkjoXXHACmmOd0ImfHXyRX1zwI-GW1gFECsJmY0A5ij2tAvjpciQ/s320/IMG_20230626_144223852_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">They were so creative! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnrp5PZU_7f0mneWaabOaJiAvZVxHDZTQY3su19pDXaw00LqB-hvBZtQ0HfFXmZ28XOnBmV9aObJ2OVdid6jaKgYbEMuITJkRB12y05X8tUkQ074Ae23XJjo7nk4cwftkl2-M4JtaCcGBsHkj6Z6Ktfekkd-av2ppv06X2ilm7p-Kyi7BY_Vm-nRRdp4/s4608/original_48b528e5-f56b-4cbc-bc9a-cebe9357ed69_IMG_20230626_143843019_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnrp5PZU_7f0mneWaabOaJiAvZVxHDZTQY3su19pDXaw00LqB-hvBZtQ0HfFXmZ28XOnBmV9aObJ2OVdid6jaKgYbEMuITJkRB12y05X8tUkQ074Ae23XJjo7nk4cwftkl2-M4JtaCcGBsHkj6Z6Ktfekkd-av2ppv06X2ilm7p-Kyi7BY_Vm-nRRdp4/s320/original_48b528e5-f56b-4cbc-bc9a-cebe9357ed69_IMG_20230626_143843019_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Caleb decided to make a mosquito...it's fly straight out of the sand. It was honestly quite impressive and hilarious! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuyxs8A_DXw1I2ue103ilyBNl4MiNQBcxLbOmx5yXPp6zaI1rtQof0rJrkWmxfrOK50-ppFiyU1jdNlEyBrqFMLfPQVBRt_QkZKkdv7B1_k2LjcOI7SNY3q07_oNY1VIYf-vBekgN8KA3opnx0OWbSG4ZGb1Fodn9ncw66bG2D9kfPFltzZN2WH4lvT4/s4608/IMG_20230626_154137269_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuyxs8A_DXw1I2ue103ilyBNl4MiNQBcxLbOmx5yXPp6zaI1rtQof0rJrkWmxfrOK50-ppFiyU1jdNlEyBrqFMLfPQVBRt_QkZKkdv7B1_k2LjcOI7SNY3q07_oNY1VIYf-vBekgN8KA3opnx0OWbSG4ZGb1Fodn9ncw66bG2D9kfPFltzZN2WH4lvT4/s320/IMG_20230626_154137269_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Back in the woods! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTDnCdStE37PqrJ19VJdEr3stWfuLiNsFyG1ImraK9lcL6Tsu95SJCPgCZx3W8CUy5BVVvj3uQxji-z7-4QKeHqS0gfib1gstmwj0sjbppaqMG2iaSr05eJwQ-mqT9IN2t0DANsvgbo_oW23NzUZrzeGDHqie-TS1gWxxfZ5zvt9ux_KE-bTA-tZUJCw/s4608/IMG_20230626_154242362_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTDnCdStE37PqrJ19VJdEr3stWfuLiNsFyG1ImraK9lcL6Tsu95SJCPgCZx3W8CUy5BVVvj3uQxji-z7-4QKeHqS0gfib1gstmwj0sjbppaqMG2iaSr05eJwQ-mqT9IN2t0DANsvgbo_oW23NzUZrzeGDHqie-TS1gWxxfZ5zvt9ux_KE-bTA-tZUJCw/s320/IMG_20230626_154242362_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Yippee! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIKcWJ1099iZUq1t-rLT1ErlDlM6A4lMUZtuF7ZQkG-3izdAWM9NRyp148S0KoA6LuVj0ujsZcvBfF8V2WoTX3SDA8AoVP1WFWhtIuGOe9niow6tlGE9tit876JUCXuKvp43ERvKFkRsOO0gZIKUYVySNbRbFHZTSfnAF-sR63tPYnbq4CyOGqJWZEdY/s4608/IMG_20230626_165925993_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIKcWJ1099iZUq1t-rLT1ErlDlM6A4lMUZtuF7ZQkG-3izdAWM9NRyp148S0KoA6LuVj0ujsZcvBfF8V2WoTX3SDA8AoVP1WFWhtIuGOe9niow6tlGE9tit876JUCXuKvp43ERvKFkRsOO0gZIKUYVySNbRbFHZTSfnAF-sR63tPYnbq4CyOGqJWZEdY/w400-h300/IMG_20230626_165925993_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Exploring the shoreline by the river with an additional friend. The Kuch's neighbors just so happen to be camping at this same campground. They showed up on Sunday so we got to hang out with them for about a day. Their daughter Ellie was a part of the same Homeschool Choir so that's how Ella knew her as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhST0NoOyjrWoOoxwkelSgVaTDTeufbgt9CrwkSG2drZeHkLMHves-uzH290wowyzIWyD3Vd1W-yHYvppi44fVtI7b61hHWcGIXLuqkknoghLCIzHHFU5suNRY0RZ1ZOXtJ7xEMwh1oSGkHzCcdSNsYjWigonSnU2zVU2mrC8Dv1P3_2pyaFsjAuoAu9wY/s4608/IMG_20230626_170741407_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhST0NoOyjrWoOoxwkelSgVaTDTeufbgt9CrwkSG2drZeHkLMHves-uzH290wowyzIWyD3Vd1W-yHYvppi44fVtI7b61hHWcGIXLuqkknoghLCIzHHFU5suNRY0RZ1ZOXtJ7xEMwh1oSGkHzCcdSNsYjWigonSnU2zVU2mrC8Dv1P3_2pyaFsjAuoAu9wY/s320/IMG_20230626_170741407_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Biking around the campground. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSP2A0vBgja9QVhIe4lpotmtrBOzJloqQr93yCAamQcS6b8ZMKBq0fbFCO2sxTpa_ef62oERUF98bOc5_9S3EtFxbaUMUI5iFd5o8YgOlockyxaOyOrlTJqkJy3KcwHoNjwHxj8RB1f9CmoStafMgH-7qdnDSOEFxzc1aGLIbB1GlBv8kQhUXn3tcnewM/s4608/IMG_20230626_170949719_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSP2A0vBgja9QVhIe4lpotmtrBOzJloqQr93yCAamQcS6b8ZMKBq0fbFCO2sxTpa_ef62oERUF98bOc5_9S3EtFxbaUMUI5iFd5o8YgOlockyxaOyOrlTJqkJy3KcwHoNjwHxj8RB1f9CmoStafMgH-7qdnDSOEFxzc1aGLIbB1GlBv8kQhUXn3tcnewM/s320/IMG_20230626_170949719_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Not only are their birdhouses all over, there are also all sorts of cute garden sculptures and statues. They really do take great care of this campground. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7O3za9OgFBaUcq09h3SHjASBVW8L7M7Yn2yaMzNu9o5YxLpwhcKSlZc3mlGRDpvTl-AKNPF7hJmvo5KZLrhJc_fk25YHZg89r893hyLHulrTU44-90SD6oDtta6gwEc4tUCxwAjdRvYoAoUnHWgZhuH11nnUadXfBkbBbU3fAdJSkHYLKDNPAAFD-_I/s4032/original_123c2466-8ff6-4cef-9150-4c4c85321b5c_PXL_20230627_010617115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7O3za9OgFBaUcq09h3SHjASBVW8L7M7Yn2yaMzNu9o5YxLpwhcKSlZc3mlGRDpvTl-AKNPF7hJmvo5KZLrhJc_fk25YHZg89r893hyLHulrTU44-90SD6oDtta6gwEc4tUCxwAjdRvYoAoUnHWgZhuH11nnUadXfBkbBbU3fAdJSkHYLKDNPAAFD-_I/w240-h320/original_123c2466-8ff6-4cef-9150-4c4c85321b5c_PXL_20230627_010617115.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Sitting around visiting after dinner. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaZhEbZHApOVi-_1MZPrU1qWLc41ULr885j4EjUay4B9P3kQaJ6_uWLXgMek2Q-6RUlrscQtfG2HJ6rOpB58v02liDnxzQWWBSotbtppVoSfCULPGixzb33TZAnUTEhhUIWolbovFVzNUU3TjfHNSs7XTTd1AYRlt5sBWQDlJYO221YcSCIwIp8kEgpI/s4032/PXL_20230627_010714751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaZhEbZHApOVi-_1MZPrU1qWLc41ULr885j4EjUay4B9P3kQaJ6_uWLXgMek2Q-6RUlrscQtfG2HJ6rOpB58v02liDnxzQWWBSotbtppVoSfCULPGixzb33TZAnUTEhhUIWolbovFVzNUU3TjfHNSs7XTTd1AYRlt5sBWQDlJYO221YcSCIwIp8kEgpI/s320/PXL_20230627_010714751.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Zeke and Caleb were having a really good time hanging out together. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyK9neSJEcI_LII6vY2HIyyMyISobQ9V3-dMu9PiTyzTVpv5lqHrixnkMnMf4W58shlbkKjsgTCtALyQRZRfft7zJ3nZk1fGHaK0Dknm-9ufcwEEGRejk6iplZc25XmMbrg2lSDV0ClPmfzK-TXt0nX8QFeD-dgHI9z51ZxfchfvqO-mVee-ZxLZvVAE/s320/PXL_20230627_010723737.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">I'm so thankful that Caleb was so sweet to Zeke. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bsfWryp2LwmSluxHRmHBsw7rV_WSiksvN4GxPn1p7wEHlDs7RXIAsQehZ3_-kCKCgC4gfDlk1SAH347wG7taC1oOHL-4y5yl_iO21rNPZ1UlA27pwY0vw2Pda8vXzgZ_bo35pGyfWrDkQSnWnkdWHEUdUW59gUIuLMAe8DvEgJJgFkgl6_6TS40n0eg/s4032/PXL_20230627_010921414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bsfWryp2LwmSluxHRmHBsw7rV_WSiksvN4GxPn1p7wEHlDs7RXIAsQehZ3_-kCKCgC4gfDlk1SAH347wG7taC1oOHL-4y5yl_iO21rNPZ1UlA27pwY0vw2Pda8vXzgZ_bo35pGyfWrDkQSnWnkdWHEUdUW59gUIuLMAe8DvEgJJgFkgl6_6TS40n0eg/s320/PXL_20230627_010921414.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Time to gather around the fire! </span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RDR0lP3w10SUZjAcAJtNRbtN-0Tv4bROmc4jNyeor06T7tS-8KEmVMJebbCII6UGtmGaPRxQm7ugjKssLzpv8OzjJc90PXfg9vCvRMFFYananAZIsnI3oD2FefXpn7Cr5MjIQ26WLnEWG1p3rGM5BjR2gWVgm2tmaoJaK-GBH2sGAMd4CzFAtJbFiwA/s4000/20230626_181007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RDR0lP3w10SUZjAcAJtNRbtN-0Tv4bROmc4jNyeor06T7tS-8KEmVMJebbCII6UGtmGaPRxQm7ugjKssLzpv8OzjJc90PXfg9vCvRMFFYananAZIsnI3oD2FefXpn7Cr5MjIQ26WLnEWG1p3rGM5BjR2gWVgm2tmaoJaK-GBH2sGAMd4CzFAtJbFiwA/s320/20230626_181007.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Now that's a fire!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The wood that came from the campground wasn't the best wood. It hadn't cured long enough so it was tricky get the fire to actually burn. Michael figured out the more weight and the more fuel the better. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQTUTmLnB-bycifj0QAfRMx_XALk3iHjRuMD5NLkckTp3QvzZKNeLIL40cnL00_TUwkMUbtJZFGjBWJCWsD-W0whindOV4QGwVaq6XWt7HQjcSFQager2GHehWBzqsyh_snBP4i1Eex0J-yHGkOiMqJSFtBKEaFMC9HMREyBs3xcWOTO7SHbOM4STVUo/s4032/PXL_20230627_011027556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQTUTmLnB-bycifj0QAfRMx_XALk3iHjRuMD5NLkckTp3QvzZKNeLIL40cnL00_TUwkMUbtJZFGjBWJCWsD-W0whindOV4QGwVaq6XWt7HQjcSFQager2GHehWBzqsyh_snBP4i1Eex0J-yHGkOiMqJSFtBKEaFMC9HMREyBs3xcWOTO7SHbOM4STVUo/s320/PXL_20230627_011027556.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">I was in heaven! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSmq8uh4HUmjl4gTHTMg3iAapR3rQtCbbZBeVHXXGEXacYcJss3fPxe7LOurGZURqxJjZxCu-sO8KMOxs6IXesNfAikelCbKCKQ2f353N7W-MdQftKmggSMbHmYdVXQ2P_WwBIUuwYilvUftKLWDQe5OEdw-OStJB83GJZ4oPM5IZaNTBA1GCVxjQ1-E/s4608/IMG_20230626_202424766_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSmq8uh4HUmjl4gTHTMg3iAapR3rQtCbbZBeVHXXGEXacYcJss3fPxe7LOurGZURqxJjZxCu-sO8KMOxs6IXesNfAikelCbKCKQ2f353N7W-MdQftKmggSMbHmYdVXQ2P_WwBIUuwYilvUftKLWDQe5OEdw-OStJB83GJZ4oPM5IZaNTBA1GCVxjQ1-E/s320/IMG_20230626_202424766_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Ellie parents came over and hung out around our fire too! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2ZyeBC6OKDDsQORh_Wi9HegvtBS0BWGYxv_vcP0Qifx-Dn960teEXPU3F70l0k2qo0QQ0vvqgUI35qoiVACHInk9r2m-UIZVcYtq_i_fvogNe03o7Xi1vt3FL5OlGnSvQgFYLc3keGUiRITb1rx6zHpx6_8uRww2S0DO-dwDmPCCUGAYPjgktPxyJ2Y/s4608/IMG_20230626_202443859_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2ZyeBC6OKDDsQORh_Wi9HegvtBS0BWGYxv_vcP0Qifx-Dn960teEXPU3F70l0k2qo0QQ0vvqgUI35qoiVACHInk9r2m-UIZVcYtq_i_fvogNe03o7Xi1vt3FL5OlGnSvQgFYLc3keGUiRITb1rx6zHpx6_8uRww2S0DO-dwDmPCCUGAYPjgktPxyJ2Y/s320/IMG_20230626_202443859_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">It was fun getting to chat with Sue outside of the choir. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco3WtKuUmnjLomBONpu_ul4NwxbNUztwuyyQFhxkYaBcWKpz_QYXi5SgFOdNL7T1qxsdPjJIDlrwfcUw5jJBo7eJn3Lf46jxsf7MyOVfAUBJ7cmRPWFFloeRojjcNmS9_2aH8eUUR7ew5Vh8QzALiGVfZazWEZEHZvf4g1xBeGIxU_I467DQrvXVuskw/s4000/20230626_205200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco3WtKuUmnjLomBONpu_ul4NwxbNUztwuyyQFhxkYaBcWKpz_QYXi5SgFOdNL7T1qxsdPjJIDlrwfcUw5jJBo7eJn3Lf46jxsf7MyOVfAUBJ7cmRPWFFloeRojjcNmS9_2aH8eUUR7ew5Vh8QzALiGVfZazWEZEHZvf4g1xBeGIxU_I467DQrvXVuskw/s320/20230626_205200.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Of course the kids needed to take care of their chores. I love that Ellie just jumped right in to help out the kids even though she didn't have too! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwB6EpClu7qV8sMIZjnzic2R_VvbnR9o1LERadUfwts88bPI2HF0EZ8IOF9qzXtRc1u7MRpADWsTyRz2ey3FKyMqz0Opcfmxpcc_cBROqTFyCZfR4TktbqvNmFoEfSFQYp-ixZpmwQMZ1px59J3QIjfVkp8iRD5x5Ledxo1ps1V70RRtBdy7wJ34AHPko/s4608/IMG_20230626_210439921_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwB6EpClu7qV8sMIZjnzic2R_VvbnR9o1LERadUfwts88bPI2HF0EZ8IOF9qzXtRc1u7MRpADWsTyRz2ey3FKyMqz0Opcfmxpcc_cBROqTFyCZfR4TktbqvNmFoEfSFQYp-ixZpmwQMZ1px59J3QIjfVkp8iRD5x5Ledxo1ps1V70RRtBdy7wJ34AHPko/s320/IMG_20230626_210439921_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Some of the best memories are make around a campfire! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFir5woYTLAL2aYEdft6eXa6oepB8S913g3TanTfgm05mtziTFR90WV2H5xM6EVfS593yUAcAYckE9MCszfFKK_1MA6fspyZ8L2Rao2Gxho7hFnHBpQOB6wW5iF7GXqvEsypYWALAWxlvwsCiMx297jEA73KNWYXZxzoqoB5WNgZncXn8L-SPex7KctRc/s4000/20230626_221158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFir5woYTLAL2aYEdft6eXa6oepB8S913g3TanTfgm05mtziTFR90WV2H5xM6EVfS593yUAcAYckE9MCszfFKK_1MA6fspyZ8L2Rao2Gxho7hFnHBpQOB6wW5iF7GXqvEsypYWALAWxlvwsCiMx297jEA73KNWYXZxzoqoB5WNgZncXn8L-SPex7KctRc/s320/20230626_221158.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">We stayed up until it was dark and all the wood had burned down. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The next day, June 27th, it was time to pack up and head out. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: verdana;">Of course the girls wanted to go on the rope swing until the very last minute. </span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjq3uHizfDh68YqtykJ3rP8o0GXUmeZDff1kKhTa82ICamVBrzBasde2HzYTo73QWkWJaqejju2RmNZms6JOB_eMRrYW9r9sVVJ9_ACms3OR7NhXIaOnVHN-nzZ9MY07kGrzOSVC7WDzjj6mpfrmgmyEviqVcfSqduFBHCLvpo4q5VpGrH829oZnhdEA/s4899/DSC03749.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3266" data-original-width="4899" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjq3uHizfDh68YqtykJ3rP8o0GXUmeZDff1kKhTa82ICamVBrzBasde2HzYTo73QWkWJaqejju2RmNZms6JOB_eMRrYW9r9sVVJ9_ACms3OR7NhXIaOnVHN-nzZ9MY07kGrzOSVC7WDzjj6mpfrmgmyEviqVcfSqduFBHCLvpo4q5VpGrH829oZnhdEA/s320/DSC03749.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Ellie joined them...her Dad has a really nice camera so he walked out there and took these amazing pictures. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQYyM5-nGjTAsnFWiPNKUuNmUs8qzbQfS2HYBEjPgewGXO5EH7GWJV2PcS-ZO-BL2bpuD1rxrA11IXXQSL9mO2vg2bBdnx53WsAp-6VnjiCs3JJPpynXt5OqESHdBRkd1P2gsD2jjA8BbtmT84fCzSa4CTyla3OkXC42_uc1LNIMjZcwP_z8kMNX2qvo/s4899/DSC03757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3266" data-original-width="4899" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQYyM5-nGjTAsnFWiPNKUuNmUs8qzbQfS2HYBEjPgewGXO5EH7GWJV2PcS-ZO-BL2bpuD1rxrA11IXXQSL9mO2vg2bBdnx53WsAp-6VnjiCs3JJPpynXt5OqESHdBRkd1P2gsD2jjA8BbtmT84fCzSa4CTyla3OkXC42_uc1LNIMjZcwP_z8kMNX2qvo/s320/DSC03757.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The quality is so much better than the photos from our phones. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: verdana;">Wish it had worked out where we were camping with the Armstrong's the whole time! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2u1ArK-jX3L8z4Z8uRus-qechqrU4RBtW8_ilsEIaDLM2dh0IEbwIqH30VGAP3JDv9u_conQbyMX6S2XfKRsfKlw6NE8PXrTzhZla0b2HpGhaZ4A4Zo7tlOOxpmhAwr5XEiZpo5VV18dqJxEZz_a0FpfQNOreBTwyupwuCv5D0ORRz6DUazJAAPaH30/s4000/20230627_094142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2u1ArK-jX3L8z4Z8uRus-qechqrU4RBtW8_ilsEIaDLM2dh0IEbwIqH30VGAP3JDv9u_conQbyMX6S2XfKRsfKlw6NE8PXrTzhZla0b2HpGhaZ4A4Zo7tlOOxpmhAwr5XEiZpo5VV18dqJxEZz_a0FpfQNOreBTwyupwuCv5D0ORRz6DUazJAAPaH30/s320/20230627_094142.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">One last climb in his ladder tree! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGP7QZA05-nFwfzK6J7I1foRH7J_t3NpgpxZKFM-pLcbq8uxyB2rDIQ57tr30KMuL7tsB62azf46ZAmyrAN6asbDb6ECu6BSRAjiTb5zhzb4XIY17Ld8BGkWY7NpJVtEdaFOzO0wpPJU9UFgENxIoYcStSx0VwRFMvP7M_XL7Tnskc5lL5VWHf_XamEHo/s4000/20230627_105318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGP7QZA05-nFwfzK6J7I1foRH7J_t3NpgpxZKFM-pLcbq8uxyB2rDIQ57tr30KMuL7tsB62azf46ZAmyrAN6asbDb6ECu6BSRAjiTb5zhzb4XIY17Ld8BGkWY7NpJVtEdaFOzO0wpPJU9UFgENxIoYcStSx0VwRFMvP7M_XL7Tnskc5lL5VWHf_XamEHo/s320/20230627_105318.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">On top of having bird houses for donation they also had these wooden stars. Zeke decided he wanted to have a star instead. Here he's showing me how he can make a shadow star. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMrRD2hLsa0wFftlSWT9oaFrburp2W1-7kao0ZFXwFZ4jpc8fN5cIdxJOcGBxrVZK7jS1aJ36Wky4XHOlW-pmJHKskVebD5Jdd0xPa-Jm3i-Q0J3_GrkmL4Iq0Vewg2WFFB5ywLXR_T9SjU7WRh4f0GraSrXPqIqJddZykPszkP_cjj0IukHQcabWxkY/s4000/20230627_105326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMrRD2hLsa0wFftlSWT9oaFrburp2W1-7kao0ZFXwFZ4jpc8fN5cIdxJOcGBxrVZK7jS1aJ36Wky4XHOlW-pmJHKskVebD5Jdd0xPa-Jm3i-Q0J3_GrkmL4Iq0Vewg2WFFB5ywLXR_T9SjU7WRh4f0GraSrXPqIqJddZykPszkP_cjj0IukHQcabWxkY/s320/20230627_105326.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">All packed up and ready to go!</span></div>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-82288348891705292842023-06-26T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-21T09:48:04.997-07:00Copalis River RV Camping Trip - Day 2 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">The 2nd day of our camping trip was June 25th....Pa's birthday! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW06oOia8tcJZeYt4d1ugBc-bOv2HRHHEiVxfxC1ztNNKshHFiboylzgRHFYvfMAWFkAz8T-CaRgP1h9WUeJv43eRjNcvFwj8J5jxz__tPg44c56svZ4CzZIyfQhAHbeDvIbxuEZuRvWuYCQYCT-GC4l2jTBiJkZqkXYUOF7K2d3yPK_RBUzXeo_nF8bE/s4032/IMG_3055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW06oOia8tcJZeYt4d1ugBc-bOv2HRHHEiVxfxC1ztNNKshHFiboylzgRHFYvfMAWFkAz8T-CaRgP1h9WUeJv43eRjNcvFwj8J5jxz__tPg44c56svZ4CzZIyfQhAHbeDvIbxuEZuRvWuYCQYCT-GC4l2jTBiJkZqkXYUOF7K2d3yPK_RBUzXeo_nF8bE/s320/IMG_3055.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Since I was sure he was going to find out somehow I decided to give him his birthday present right away. Pa loves my sugar cookies that I make every year at Christmas. He is also really hard to buy for since everything he wants or needs he just buys so I figured why not just make him sugar cookies in June! He loved them!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ATpT91sybxewg4DitlRKDScSPRMIXuvVs1HhU7OALAullhpyKHDjDSeQH-ojiV4kXo6p7mw1tCkXIEjBQWZCl3lvGlHvfxfWx-Pj6blPfoQOUWwsz-kFWh6L3lTPLIvZC3nRZaKCRSAnmj_lmzvCapzZP2b5uFm_8dq8k0hhVi5GAaFVHfRSl12gGz4/s4032/original_8d48320b-aae3-4cc2-a955-efbacc512c94_PXL_20230625_163642543.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ATpT91sybxewg4DitlRKDScSPRMIXuvVs1HhU7OALAullhpyKHDjDSeQH-ojiV4kXo6p7mw1tCkXIEjBQWZCl3lvGlHvfxfWx-Pj6blPfoQOUWwsz-kFWh6L3lTPLIvZC3nRZaKCRSAnmj_lmzvCapzZP2b5uFm_8dq8k0hhVi5GAaFVHfRSl12gGz4/s320/original_8d48320b-aae3-4cc2-a955-efbacc512c94_PXL_20230625_163642543.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Since Owen and Jack were leaving later in the day the boys wanted to get as much play time in as they could. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzAHesKEUjMqj7ueUxg2ygz-W6xZFd4y4-_hzqAa8Y4XPntJITUR7KSPe5sxWYsR1Yh9nUb7_mG5mL1FP_iW2eWtMk87vWc9_JL5M049F_WaIOA6h2IptxbSPuZKtSMgDttPnuM_Gp_VoqBpS729FwJ86bicTDrhaqs6l-LVB_xssFve5xwKwdQVNHodc/s4032/IMG_3056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzAHesKEUjMqj7ueUxg2ygz-W6xZFd4y4-_hzqAa8Y4XPntJITUR7KSPe5sxWYsR1Yh9nUb7_mG5mL1FP_iW2eWtMk87vWc9_JL5M049F_WaIOA6h2IptxbSPuZKtSMgDttPnuM_Gp_VoqBpS729FwJ86bicTDrhaqs6l-LVB_xssFve5xwKwdQVNHodc/s320/IMG_3056.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Addison just loves to play around with peoples hair, she had braided Ella's hair the day before so she braided Ellen's hair for her this morning. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmwxSt5UyUfsfUA0LSK2YeSJardkRXt3fbeNhBU_KK3RUlVK90aLB4shlaOeSFXHJDeC0n3wzVWvPUS7KvyZGfUg9b3VMOcDansg8ldrDPVrrbNn68kWXR2U3_twR3BdtuJ1Yyf31bpRZ25pRnEwuFZG_ikCU9rM6RqnuIFOPFMW7Hi0yTuVyumFOofY/s4032/IMG_3057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmwxSt5UyUfsfUA0LSK2YeSJardkRXt3fbeNhBU_KK3RUlVK90aLB4shlaOeSFXHJDeC0n3wzVWvPUS7KvyZGfUg9b3VMOcDansg8ldrDPVrrbNn68kWXR2U3_twR3BdtuJ1Yyf31bpRZ25pRnEwuFZG_ikCU9rM6RqnuIFOPFMW7Hi0yTuVyumFOofY/s320/IMG_3057.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Ellen has some pretty short hair, but it was amazing how Addison could still braid it. She did a great job! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">After breakfast the Kuch's and Pa all decided to head into Ocean Shores to go to a church that Pa & all their friends used to come to every year they came out to Ocean Shores for Santa Al's birthday. Ga-Ga, Ellen and our family decided to stay back at the campsite. Prior to breakfast Ella wasn't feeling good and she ended up puking. She said she didn't sleep well that first night so we sent her back to bed. We ended up letting her sleep until about noon and then I woke her up. Thankfully she was feeling so much better.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6_f5o1Fo77aPiYG7sTnqFeNNf21-jI1r_aQ8HDFLeUEzw_r4-Z0cJqtSi39jZfW9Y9NeAf2RpgIpdLhz18Jm4aAdvf4Q6VD_L9ja-evPLuUlzpocBRcwarqGP60OOcefqSy_XdIdfgLVjT6ZPDo4FMdYDXH4FvrMyO9dZ3Gs9VQwUUF8cujQQPe86y0/s4000/20230625_102908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6_f5o1Fo77aPiYG7sTnqFeNNf21-jI1r_aQ8HDFLeUEzw_r4-Z0cJqtSi39jZfW9Y9NeAf2RpgIpdLhz18Jm4aAdvf4Q6VD_L9ja-evPLuUlzpocBRcwarqGP60OOcefqSy_XdIdfgLVjT6ZPDo4FMdYDXH4FvrMyO9dZ3Gs9VQwUUF8cujQQPe86y0/s320/20230625_102908.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">While Ella was napping, Michael and I decided to go on a trek in the woods to see where the trails went. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJAcdfUzN7o8lPis3U47kt1-HLchiSE9wa84ScSt74k8rMKNyKijN7zS3CyZ58ffPFfcZdVYRyoNjs9t3j_5W6k4apBAtK2bHo9F289ohAZOd_o72OXYgIcCnnGRmpoWr_WCRAMVV_ZtY0v7npTNGOTZ1MlJzQktEihDRgsvFM_wtqGiG_B3iycpvb-k/s4000/20230625_102913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJAcdfUzN7o8lPis3U47kt1-HLchiSE9wa84ScSt74k8rMKNyKijN7zS3CyZ58ffPFfcZdVYRyoNjs9t3j_5W6k4apBAtK2bHo9F289ohAZOd_o72OXYgIcCnnGRmpoWr_WCRAMVV_ZtY0v7npTNGOTZ1MlJzQktEihDRgsvFM_wtqGiG_B3iycpvb-k/s320/20230625_102913.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">We followed a couple trails that led to dead ends. Then we decided to follow another one and it led us to the rope swing and amazingly no one was there. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHwt7lAOZxeCvDQVPj-JEUydfjS3iPvEbJ6IaBdMla1T8k9sjEsxmsPwcM34tUWKu1JFTCIPUr83iDQoWOnDE6jrt848pQrH9Ba-mrPqsZpZXKzHJ_igvcR9hsOKBYusfV89xWRs1j4Y6gLSL5UP1JPX_F6NS33CCcys-WAFBoAmLNgUo7RXpf2N4NN4/s1920/VideoCapture_20230920-165857.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHwt7lAOZxeCvDQVPj-JEUydfjS3iPvEbJ6IaBdMla1T8k9sjEsxmsPwcM34tUWKu1JFTCIPUr83iDQoWOnDE6jrt848pQrH9Ba-mrPqsZpZXKzHJ_igvcR9hsOKBYusfV89xWRs1j4Y6gLSL5UP1JPX_F6NS33CCcys-WAFBoAmLNgUo7RXpf2N4NN4/s320/VideoCapture_20230920-165857.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">I decided to give it a shot. While swinging on the rope I was singing the Miley Cyrus song Wrecking Ball. It seemed appropriate right! The longer I swung though the more I started to slip and thankfully after a little begging Michael came to my rescue and helped me down. He of course got a video of the whole thing, but I won't be sharing that! ;) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBcK65HpoXdYNfJiCbFw1PALiJ70sLZxcH4r3De9OkC6XGF-vex2nM9GvOLgO0DTP9xJSVjrK2lSq3Nh3kq49JX3nazmXja8mEsk4v0L0zyt0n5kLw61p5TimZJBDumHiqMlWDVmjlSsiEqRgsqfugSTrFdSY3sx6ljTjAjJubb4MYagAW-smTt0rgzI/s4000/20230625_103742.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBcK65HpoXdYNfJiCbFw1PALiJ70sLZxcH4r3De9OkC6XGF-vex2nM9GvOLgO0DTP9xJSVjrK2lSq3Nh3kq49JX3nazmXja8mEsk4v0L0zyt0n5kLw61p5TimZJBDumHiqMlWDVmjlSsiEqRgsqfugSTrFdSY3sx6ljTjAjJubb4MYagAW-smTt0rgzI/s320/20230625_103742.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Of course he had no troubles swinging on the rope swing! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUIYkkRwRBlOC8mDQL5ObtKqkqTGhNWHLJ58pn2UBGvkRas1Q-8MQPP_P9lNSlj8iLCtW0kXBMwVT14Mr1CpTToxLWx48r7iExHGfSjEso2Povdrj1nMyu7ewroAse7KvWUsPqsH1ow_-wiNVBU6_SZmQh_T6oFvkfBQKVWfPsSVu03Q8O1ALdpfSBq08/s4000/20230625_103746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUIYkkRwRBlOC8mDQL5ObtKqkqTGhNWHLJ58pn2UBGvkRas1Q-8MQPP_P9lNSlj8iLCtW0kXBMwVT14Mr1CpTToxLWx48r7iExHGfSjEso2Povdrj1nMyu7ewroAse7KvWUsPqsH1ow_-wiNVBU6_SZmQh_T6oFvkfBQKVWfPsSVu03Q8O1ALdpfSBq08/s320/20230625_103746.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Ta Da!!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh47sXWnrlnRBlOY4dN7CjWoUcUemZbJgfLBNrroanDf19qwZYA6RRNHjVEMG2rnPbPlk3MerYMPHyVEJN1b98-XJQVVLL7UeYVNUCWZ3HkBg5YXap7Fdi4BlUuuJwWLRPn6aXjBrklODDBl7b4F1jLscr2THwhap1vje6ga1taOP_NKdRItIOYfIUr5M/s4000/20230625_104309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh47sXWnrlnRBlOY4dN7CjWoUcUemZbJgfLBNrroanDf19qwZYA6RRNHjVEMG2rnPbPlk3MerYMPHyVEJN1b98-XJQVVLL7UeYVNUCWZ3HkBg5YXap7Fdi4BlUuuJwWLRPn6aXjBrklODDBl7b4F1jLscr2THwhap1vje6ga1taOP_NKdRItIOYfIUr5M/s320/20230625_104309.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">After we got back from our trek in the woods, we sat around chatting and then that turned to talking about music so we started bringing up YouTube videos of songs and singing along with them. It was so fun! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibT_b3c-6ju5QtmRSC4ua1_CeS_LIH8WWN0oBlLlb7oPMDsLE8C-gOUbcTeCUOapAT7GXWWw0fmz4-7egP72RjbIregF4KqUliQzyb_98GNDrR6hLXuEMj84oufpceSb28UbVfvLzC1TwtZKrGhhSXIlxCPCSZdB4cAKPEPJ3Txg5b6cABDmTdXSKTPto/s4032/PXL_20230625_203040330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibT_b3c-6ju5QtmRSC4ua1_CeS_LIH8WWN0oBlLlb7oPMDsLE8C-gOUbcTeCUOapAT7GXWWw0fmz4-7egP72RjbIregF4KqUliQzyb_98GNDrR6hLXuEMj84oufpceSb28UbVfvLzC1TwtZKrGhhSXIlxCPCSZdB4cAKPEPJ3Txg5b6cABDmTdXSKTPto/s320/PXL_20230625_203040330.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">When they all returned from church, we set up the sandwich fixings and everyone made themselves some lunch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7axW9WP8iihfe2w143BIxldn4K-2UoAhlj-TmCGGJ_VE3qvhGDLzehIEUX5RgWMq-e-OpLHVwGxkmD6gg1zZA-TsOr-H2ClZr6Qe7OYwgPNrxUXhBru35mjF8cpj8Io2ciJuRSjKPPgP1N71QJj7UQx-trDxowe4poaQzGQgOuh8Znk0v2qi1wTWayQ/s4000/20230625_122621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7axW9WP8iihfe2w143BIxldn4K-2UoAhlj-TmCGGJ_VE3qvhGDLzehIEUX5RgWMq-e-OpLHVwGxkmD6gg1zZA-TsOr-H2ClZr6Qe7OYwgPNrxUXhBru35mjF8cpj8Io2ciJuRSjKPPgP1N71QJj7UQx-trDxowe4poaQzGQgOuh8Znk0v2qi1wTWayQ/s320/20230625_122621.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Fruit anyone! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia--JgOGEr2EOm7AQ9eEiS3cZhLaH9fQQ-2lFYuVeK7NZ5gB5p8Eak63MKO7reNKX8L_jU3JL-GJoQeh6HbCKaX0TjPapDhiM9jcWQPwT-2mzRArFwnTlkolODuzuusb8PMMtqFR_JfcJE6tE0RMbHFzeM5YCd3gCn6P3E_uaH60UzFeonJWD9WLv0Bw0/s4032/PXL_20230625_203057951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia--JgOGEr2EOm7AQ9eEiS3cZhLaH9fQQ-2lFYuVeK7NZ5gB5p8Eak63MKO7reNKX8L_jU3JL-GJoQeh6HbCKaX0TjPapDhiM9jcWQPwT-2mzRArFwnTlkolODuzuusb8PMMtqFR_JfcJE6tE0RMbHFzeM5YCd3gCn6P3E_uaH60UzFeonJWD9WLv0Bw0/s320/PXL_20230625_203057951.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Sandwiches, chips and fruit....the perfect camping lunch! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1ree3c8ijx1FgOgTgkMnTHR5LS3QFRS3Sb57SX4Q2mRjlGG5f7ouPgUaQUvgu2dUIVYETx3qooOjnqpZUhDUlPWpCVgecla7MG_pDxLRStSCX06zl32x5yxpmlgvPwbRjNBeGH_pvqvNu5ARuVFCJh20HFti9J0CEOaiShTrJ1ru1-OkIo9wcMrrrJY/s4608/IMG_20230625_142021315_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1ree3c8ijx1FgOgTgkMnTHR5LS3QFRS3Sb57SX4Q2mRjlGG5f7ouPgUaQUvgu2dUIVYETx3qooOjnqpZUhDUlPWpCVgecla7MG_pDxLRStSCX06zl32x5yxpmlgvPwbRjNBeGH_pvqvNu5ARuVFCJh20HFti9J0CEOaiShTrJ1ru1-OkIo9wcMrrrJY/s320/IMG_20230625_142021315_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">The girls went on a nice walk with Miss Christina after lunchtime! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDTPkVobHPaU1tFw6MYdr5LGnHb8A14Nhb7YL6ozZMD45USWS9PS8Qt5rB74O94LFI7jrVJ2CrAOCvsJjm0INWDCckRj-dFNXp7OTX5FGgPTdSiOVXZla3QwnXerVvoxAes3AUgM4O-n78c0ho5qGeQLjUsUsBni0cQp4tMJ0anW6Sx0PT084S1_odvc/s4608/IMG_20230625_142902906_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDTPkVobHPaU1tFw6MYdr5LGnHb8A14Nhb7YL6ozZMD45USWS9PS8Qt5rB74O94LFI7jrVJ2CrAOCvsJjm0INWDCckRj-dFNXp7OTX5FGgPTdSiOVXZla3QwnXerVvoxAes3AUgM4O-n78c0ho5qGeQLjUsUsBni0cQp4tMJ0anW6Sx0PT084S1_odvc/s320/IMG_20230625_142902906_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">When they got back from their walk, we were sitting around the fire...with no fire...visiting. You can see Pa was having his afternoon nap. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKhrxwioxnkV_EgKKf6az5V3t8NGwW99PdbJTuphzOAfUosLFF50-9h1Vf5-mbpWtrya0X4LqQ-fMaXlsm3arr02HYZlTIlZPbdZBrBypZo-K_rzVqFjkbFP6Wm_r5ptfEkpxAmsoGryJKMjKpKpF_NPKMUYwEAfs7z3Gff9MDRpKzClEfdKDvfZQYkw/s4000/20230625_143356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKhrxwioxnkV_EgKKf6az5V3t8NGwW99PdbJTuphzOAfUosLFF50-9h1Vf5-mbpWtrya0X4LqQ-fMaXlsm3arr02HYZlTIlZPbdZBrBypZo-K_rzVqFjkbFP6Wm_r5ptfEkpxAmsoGryJKMjKpKpF_NPKMUYwEAfs7z3Gff9MDRpKzClEfdKDvfZQYkw/s320/20230625_143356.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Just a minute or so later we decided to it was time for Pa to stop napping and open his birthday presents. ;) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Ellen got Pa this cool sign that says 'Kneel for the Lord, Stand for the Flag'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtD4Bai_zuo9VlZ82K1TDA02PgCDIdXm8deg-jzbeJhwz2YFGO60EdL-I6mPRgZYtr2g1ZXQaI7tdQi-U5rhN6pMPo7UbF1rFx_o-kdLJDudBMfXD-InY5pmnNJ86_Qzo7JjfsctZTg8kZnmcajZ-jeEAgiKKWT8Z2O4hQjm-QHHVaeSsvwWsHPtZVzFg/s4000/20230625_143627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtD4Bai_zuo9VlZ82K1TDA02PgCDIdXm8deg-jzbeJhwz2YFGO60EdL-I6mPRgZYtr2g1ZXQaI7tdQi-U5rhN6pMPo7UbF1rFx_o-kdLJDudBMfXD-InY5pmnNJ86_Qzo7JjfsctZTg8kZnmcajZ-jeEAgiKKWT8Z2O4hQjm-QHHVaeSsvwWsHPtZVzFg/s320/20230625_143627.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Ga-Ga got Pa one of those handy electronic temperature gauges you can stick in your window. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRoAOxUtiskGAzgt-nWR98aLYkLaT-riqU2BJk4PtsDCWRbpVVDo5sz5aSrd9CvFrCJ07orOnf3aMHY_wFSrJPsB7WvtBjMPBsn9GP29W6jOMifBrFgEq85v5RTDrUtH69AIMcps0Nb5j7LxnH5TUssxaCsLVNGQBxePyNHPkPpI9ssuTH9xKw9feN8g/s4000/20230625_143121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRoAOxUtiskGAzgt-nWR98aLYkLaT-riqU2BJk4PtsDCWRbpVVDo5sz5aSrd9CvFrCJ07orOnf3aMHY_wFSrJPsB7WvtBjMPBsn9GP29W6jOMifBrFgEq85v5RTDrUtH69AIMcps0Nb5j7LxnH5TUssxaCsLVNGQBxePyNHPkPpI9ssuTH9xKw9feN8g/s320/20230625_143121.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">The kids bought Pa cards and wrote sweet things in them. Owen wrote that Pa was his best friend. It was so precious! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2y6WBuzD9ALxPwI9JSVrC7p0892wOq9bGQsgmq8Ei2kZXM6iSfo142FHCfkJMGZRGxLfU-qQ54MlWqpM9IOPJXCE7SAWLCYgRdJYoXJYzCbZ8dK7tslfE-UQl3-984Ag4DVj7rJcLfPEnHUV6qhychHUYyI-Oiy9IGy2q2UwCxIY5RBel44wAXQtf0Y/s4032/IMG_3061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2y6WBuzD9ALxPwI9JSVrC7p0892wOq9bGQsgmq8Ei2kZXM6iSfo142FHCfkJMGZRGxLfU-qQ54MlWqpM9IOPJXCE7SAWLCYgRdJYoXJYzCbZ8dK7tslfE-UQl3-984Ag4DVj7rJcLfPEnHUV6qhychHUYyI-Oiy9IGy2q2UwCxIY5RBel44wAXQtf0Y/s320/IMG_3061.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">The Kuch family didn't know/remember that it was Pa's birthday which was totally fine. They felt bad though so on short notice they decided to each go around and share some of the reason they love Pa and Ga-Ga too since they are a package deal. :) Such sweet words were spoken and even a few tears shed by more than one person. In a lot of ways those gifts are even better than the ones that you buy with money. It can be easy to go out and buy just any ol' gift, but taking the time to share how you feel about someone and how they have impacted your life can be very vulnerable not to mention sharing it verbally with them instead of writing it down on a card. I think we need to do that more! I feel like sometimes we wait to share those types of wonderful things until the people we love in our life are gone. Why not openly and freely share those things with them face to face while they are still here. It really was a great teaching moment for all of us really! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgl3-vxvFaEqiIbXC4-X62ZhtaBkFcUIXnjb30LUm3YQjk9W0cSKCiJ82GvvLJmdcDOaLaAJddOBfOlwK8ARPcqcyheeLMAdwEVM6iIHrKaj-AxJo6TWN9nN5uB7Z6TwNnm6mB_C2Jk1rqaQ66R26u8xou1zhlR3ltRy5ZdE9Dp8ftigNhDnBMAWRLRk/s4608/IMG_20230625_144408692_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgl3-vxvFaEqiIbXC4-X62ZhtaBkFcUIXnjb30LUm3YQjk9W0cSKCiJ82GvvLJmdcDOaLaAJddOBfOlwK8ARPcqcyheeLMAdwEVM6iIHrKaj-AxJo6TWN9nN5uB7Z6TwNnm6mB_C2Jk1rqaQ66R26u8xou1zhlR3ltRy5ZdE9Dp8ftigNhDnBMAWRLRk/s320/IMG_20230625_144408692_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">After presents it was time for cake...Carrot Cake...Pa's favorite! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOfsoZdEnU3SRkG0tsuMDtFHYwphFbu1nyCc3pR1uBGLhnR38h3k1qoUZDzWKPHhprkUIn2T_PkVokSgJHJbLc-JmF3WIBMIw7iF_8HRcbIlKAS9STagS4VphWArmVkV0Rz42VFAkYkGzKB2kB5_GFGmmrv6jReAS3m6H3zX9W-fh0r4MpjbOKTgdKUw/s4000/20230625_144647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOfsoZdEnU3SRkG0tsuMDtFHYwphFbu1nyCc3pR1uBGLhnR38h3k1qoUZDzWKPHhprkUIn2T_PkVokSgJHJbLc-JmF3WIBMIw7iF_8HRcbIlKAS9STagS4VphWArmVkV0Rz42VFAkYkGzKB2kB5_GFGmmrv6jReAS3m6H3zX9W-fh0r4MpjbOKTgdKUw/s320/20230625_144647.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">While sitting there enjoying the festivities, Ella took some rocks and spelled her name! </span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4a7Ail3Z_dp_j8QQufct_-yNVMcEQIdtv5DGhgTWu-stNygtb6xwSTgED3oVPt4YZtx1BOljltN4x6W5xuplWT0sV5zTNIVDMiCHL-MGdoBFWKPlcF8sOMmb4rJGPj19aMcha_-O7V26baxhnZQYU2ubcyA4-hoU7dPMW31IFFk8nzN2KH9v19Yd0KM/s4608/IMG_20230625_150242999_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4a7Ail3Z_dp_j8QQufct_-yNVMcEQIdtv5DGhgTWu-stNygtb6xwSTgED3oVPt4YZtx1BOljltN4x6W5xuplWT0sV5zTNIVDMiCHL-MGdoBFWKPlcF8sOMmb4rJGPj19aMcha_-O7V26baxhnZQYU2ubcyA4-hoU7dPMW31IFFk8nzN2KH9v19Yd0KM/s320/IMG_20230625_150242999_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">I really wanted to play this game with everyone and since Michael was going to head back that night with the older boys I knew we needed to play it that afternoon. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">We bought this game called Left Right Center Wild a while back and just started playing it recently. It is so fun! It honestly takes no skill...you just have to be able to roll dice. The game comes with tokens to use, but we like to up the stakes and use quarters. I didn't want to ask everyone to bring quarters so I just brought enough for everyone. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Each person starts out with 3 quarters and over the course of the game those quarters move around from to the left, right or center...that's the pot...depending on what the 3 dice you roll land on. The wild part is where you can steal a quarter from someone. So I guess there is a little skill involved in that part. If you land on all 3 wilds you get the whole pot. That ended up happening to Jack this game and then everyone just picks on you and always steals from you since you have this massive pile of quarters. The thing I like about the game is even if you lose all your quarters you still have a chance to get back in. If the person on either side of you rolls correctly they could be giving you their quarters. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrl_aWnyBUgStkzgy2oXfkBRhqV3n_KOlLQlTGq9482oLvoqwOI4V1nuntFflr2KfRLkAOh17wTU46zxjQigRKmPfNqGG24b7Qx0Pz408zd1UPs38oANprYXGkIsn-y60R06NKhe6n0wINNC12kBFJaGwDtVh432H7xwlzjN6lfOpqEhTvlKhshZHQmk/s4000/20230625_152455.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrl_aWnyBUgStkzgy2oXfkBRhqV3n_KOlLQlTGq9482oLvoqwOI4V1nuntFflr2KfRLkAOh17wTU46zxjQigRKmPfNqGG24b7Qx0Pz408zd1UPs38oANprYXGkIsn-y60R06NKhe6n0wINNC12kBFJaGwDtVh432H7xwlzjN6lfOpqEhTvlKhshZHQmk/s320/20230625_152455.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">As luck would have it, it got down to Anna and Pa and then Pa, on his birthday, won the whole thing! The whole game took about 30 minutes and it was so fun! We had people walking by the campsite just smiling at us because they could see we were having so much fun. In all we were able to fit 14 people around one picnic table and Pa went home with $10.50 in quarters. Actually he ended up putting them all in Ga-Ga's purse. Then the next day we drove into Ocean Shores and Ga-Ga was shopping and she couldn't figure out why her purse was so heavy....then she found the quarters. I don't know if Pa slipped them in there without her knowing or if he told her in passing and she just forgot, but $10.50 in quarters is a noticeable weight change in your purse! :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01F6zN_XlJqRSnjOvuD4gMOjZSvuSlsYp1HpCjPxDjO1aiZcsrYVrztNyLHVrtlb0yqnYXmgN62xiF00v77f-yMH4lNAqC-A4qy_qPGkrmQ8XR731pbksFHf0hmlD5bB_KxaPnKQ2bEOFqhNzIeTpOlrYWMsS88AxXtWYyAQg9fvxPq4Ke5-gZp6xfro/s4608/IMG_20230625_153122170_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01F6zN_XlJqRSnjOvuD4gMOjZSvuSlsYp1HpCjPxDjO1aiZcsrYVrztNyLHVrtlb0yqnYXmgN62xiF00v77f-yMH4lNAqC-A4qy_qPGkrmQ8XR731pbksFHf0hmlD5bB_KxaPnKQ2bEOFqhNzIeTpOlrYWMsS88AxXtWYyAQg9fvxPq4Ke5-gZp6xfro/s320/IMG_20230625_153122170_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">After all the excitement of almost winning $10.50 in quarters it was time for Anna to chill with her mom in the hammock! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAe4ZdNbTEAH47MGjDJOXfkpgotyLd-zPh9wS6XMxV2P5YaQO8s2dKfdmY7nAOuFUv08_GP55vaHyumkw8C7YFxrmlxE4l5doKcKfzL2mAIVAZZxZcD29Awys7jqvahAHcpIqrkI5kUNIFcFbZlEZ7K25_MzvBtJr-AsTdUP-gJUaNBgotxU5mfFYiXfw/s4608/IMG_20230625_175905497_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAe4ZdNbTEAH47MGjDJOXfkpgotyLd-zPh9wS6XMxV2P5YaQO8s2dKfdmY7nAOuFUv08_GP55vaHyumkw8C7YFxrmlxE4l5doKcKfzL2mAIVAZZxZcD29Awys7jqvahAHcpIqrkI5kUNIFcFbZlEZ7K25_MzvBtJr-AsTdUP-gJUaNBgotxU5mfFYiXfw/s320/IMG_20230625_175905497_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Now there's a fire! That's more like it! If I had my way the fire would be going the entire camping trip! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEB2UHZ5VKXw8RQWNEbTV3qCNqpIRmnZF4PKXdD-YPvNLjS0hsvAI3akvYmnLd_7FbUR93feetQz9rjR0Fo72aNG4Zcv7TPz44Q5CoT1EiCf6J41LLXoilDZljrcO5mXHvsz8Ai2QlMxz3I9YLYFRY0xu-ZFppbA-khShz8i5iiS1GhwEYQxeepKs4F8/s4032/PXL_20230626_020040900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEB2UHZ5VKXw8RQWNEbTV3qCNqpIRmnZF4PKXdD-YPvNLjS0hsvAI3akvYmnLd_7FbUR93feetQz9rjR0Fo72aNG4Zcv7TPz44Q5CoT1EiCf6J41LLXoilDZljrcO5mXHvsz8Ai2QlMxz3I9YLYFRY0xu-ZFppbA-khShz8i5iiS1GhwEYQxeepKs4F8/s320/PXL_20230626_020040900.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">After dinner it was time for the boys to head home. The next day Jack was starting his Fire & Emergency Summer Program at the Puget Sound Skills Center. Owen had to go home with him because Jack needed someone to drop him off at the high school so he could catch the bus and be there in the afternoon to pick him up. Plus I didn't really like the idea of Jack being home alone. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQyd9jlC3GtZ3P6KrMelB95nB4VB3Y2mnQxXSMPTLSlMD4-n3JwDcMIObUe6do8AasNuPc2jm-3rFDvd-zkf6vNe1bBi1m5f-0ZcpXjhUKdnN5QawmzPUVMJNeFAi3fVHnmftE1xL948MgZBDsGcVqQxKn83_WZfMRin_nZZUnkH5BhS6guW3bTAhbHI/s4608/IMG_20230625_190208643_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQyd9jlC3GtZ3P6KrMelB95nB4VB3Y2mnQxXSMPTLSlMD4-n3JwDcMIObUe6do8AasNuPc2jm-3rFDvd-zkf6vNe1bBi1m5f-0ZcpXjhUKdnN5QawmzPUVMJNeFAi3fVHnmftE1xL948MgZBDsGcVqQxKn83_WZfMRin_nZZUnkH5BhS6guW3bTAhbHI/s320/IMG_20230625_190208643_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">Michael was driving the boys home and spending the night at the house, but then he planned to get on the road to come back out right after dropping Jack off at the bus the next morning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6QSXVun35RMuJmX-ehn_nbe3mbQh8yxd7Z93uZQN6B0Ibas1AjqqBgoVsT96tymIjg4jo65QRhyqu8BRUfE8-tO08a1t51hOlOMNqN95LRhC32u5Jt3YzWsS6SJ2IXZmfn8b-zQEw8VoUvDbykhNF_B3-rTQQ4VX31DJmtYXmMGCG34t-OFeTc3XPOE/s4608/IMG_20230625_192112281_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6QSXVun35RMuJmX-ehn_nbe3mbQh8yxd7Z93uZQN6B0Ibas1AjqqBgoVsT96tymIjg4jo65QRhyqu8BRUfE8-tO08a1t51hOlOMNqN95LRhC32u5Jt3YzWsS6SJ2IXZmfn8b-zQEw8VoUvDbykhNF_B3-rTQQ4VX31DJmtYXmMGCG34t-OFeTc3XPOE/s320/IMG_20230625_192112281_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">At first we were a bit bummed about older boys not being able to stay the whole time because Caleb really enjoys hanging out with them and vis versa. Zeke and Caleb hung out together though and had a great time! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTRkmkfPqwhZrxwom7wVniI0-3asSPVBc0V08xFeFVEB6TQBfT389LXV87B6U7Le5iCbkEGerU5Bm6xnyRQoypvgVe5jB1pf2nJMdBmWQ7XxL5MjZxFnK5_TJDiZXAyfFNVEIj-pYVLkODIy37MGZ0H-G-mDTguwuwmem1kZRyMARsFXpAIziEt1DJLs/s4608/IMG_20230625_194604990_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTRkmkfPqwhZrxwom7wVniI0-3asSPVBc0V08xFeFVEB6TQBfT389LXV87B6U7Le5iCbkEGerU5Bm6xnyRQoypvgVe5jB1pf2nJMdBmWQ7XxL5MjZxFnK5_TJDiZXAyfFNVEIj-pYVLkODIy37MGZ0H-G-mDTguwuwmem1kZRyMARsFXpAIziEt1DJLs/s320/IMG_20230625_194604990_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;">My rule while camping is parents cook and kids clean! This mama does enough planning and preparation for the camping trip and then cooking on top of that so this mama isn't doing dishes. These kids did a great job working together to clean up! </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-84434735927540747212023-06-25T07:00:00.002-07:002023-09-20T16:52:27.643-07:00Copalis River RV Camping Trip - Day 1 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"> We try to go camping with the Kuch family every summer, but last summer it didn't end up working out. This year we were determined to make it happen. Back in 2021, we went camping at Copalis River RV and the kids couldn't stop talking about it. They had such a good time! We figured why try to go somewhere new where we might not enjoy it as much. Let's just go with something we know the kids are going to love. On Saturday, June 24th just a day and a half after getting back from our first camping trip we were off to our second camping trip. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwb7p8CxKStlXzNiVYqnbceHO63byJzc1V-n46SJiANO9FNU-areSAu5ewK5kz6YI46d_nWn4uXdD5GIJGF0UqHHQoH62sOARSxQLGDIGctX-isxRTTBvPVIsI9IVIAQHvGZKoX3USwu3CgFDiiGYNaivcWUa0CdkgHS6bsmXq8_hjXgodwT163zmeiQ/s4000/20230624_171721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwb7p8CxKStlXzNiVYqnbceHO63byJzc1V-n46SJiANO9FNU-areSAu5ewK5kz6YI46d_nWn4uXdD5GIJGF0UqHHQoH62sOARSxQLGDIGctX-isxRTTBvPVIsI9IVIAQHvGZKoX3USwu3CgFDiiGYNaivcWUa0CdkgHS6bsmXq8_hjXgodwT163zmeiQ/s320/20230624_171721.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">We were hoping that we'd be able to get the same sites that we had last time, but they were already taken. We ended up getting sites that were closer to the newer bathhouse and we loved it even more. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">We had the site on the left and then the Kuch's pop-up was on the right. We took over the whole grassy area in-between the two sites. It was so perfect. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkvKUsQgU4jPmqRE5fN5bo5_JVq98AO6E384Gd1UoEnGuwokh53KXGgyR1gp0dGph8WVM_pzxinzGpHkVvIt_L6uFr9vOWb5Fd1RJfbat0dvhylxs5kMz6S7QuI0upYmgbA-5xDQDkTg9LMN5hAhxjXGQNQP1YwfFb1oWpkE0aV4_SVR9xsHIaiiO6_Q/s4000/20230624_171731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkvKUsQgU4jPmqRE5fN5bo5_JVq98AO6E384Gd1UoEnGuwokh53KXGgyR1gp0dGph8WVM_pzxinzGpHkVvIt_L6uFr9vOWb5Fd1RJfbat0dvhylxs5kMz6S7QuI0upYmgbA-5xDQDkTg9LMN5hAhxjXGQNQP1YwfFb1oWpkE0aV4_SVR9xsHIaiiO6_Q/s320/20230624_171731.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">Here's the Kuch's pop-up. We ended up always congregating at their fire pit. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABHh1uKswgcQJ76NVwmjjyMp4r_Yv1CarcFp7O9bYcWjLW6C-CFRAyn0ZgumowtoMElyqDdsjPlXS2w8FIemR080ruTgdil8k8Se-brHql9jAoNb_x6lNq82_EJGzG1SMdu9yS5CEgEg1S_m3oe4P_eoa7w5h_UHnVNNTFhpJLXkn-cADO75vIH_FvnQ/s4000/20230624_171718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABHh1uKswgcQJ76NVwmjjyMp4r_Yv1CarcFp7O9bYcWjLW6C-CFRAyn0ZgumowtoMElyqDdsjPlXS2w8FIemR080ruTgdil8k8Se-brHql9jAoNb_x6lNq82_EJGzG1SMdu9yS5CEgEg1S_m3oe4P_eoa7w5h_UHnVNNTFhpJLXkn-cADO75vIH_FvnQ/s320/20230624_171718.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">We brought both the picnic tables together and put them under our two canopies. It made for a great place to eat, play games or color. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRHQ_7bGodoPD3b7H3rNTJ8Uid3iQJDtP7lKIsFbxVW57kX2siOnpUczd_32E8gAMgusphE6qaJztuaL_Mk8z8P2FHvIdMNrb2PFjEVV_bcK93EVLvxB-lOeFnseLJ1o2eHeFslzrHI1HPaCz7TFwqXwhJEyedU0N7GAOjkfYqfrJ-FjKsBGp4GUT0uo/s4608/IMG_20230624_161249308_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRHQ_7bGodoPD3b7H3rNTJ8Uid3iQJDtP7lKIsFbxVW57kX2siOnpUczd_32E8gAMgusphE6qaJztuaL_Mk8z8P2FHvIdMNrb2PFjEVV_bcK93EVLvxB-lOeFnseLJ1o2eHeFslzrHI1HPaCz7TFwqXwhJEyedU0N7GAOjkfYqfrJ-FjKsBGp4GUT0uo/s320/IMG_20230624_161249308_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">We always split up the menu where we fend for our own family for breakfast. I feed Ga-Ga & Pa and Miss Ellen. Christina and I split the dinners and Ga-Ga provides for lunches. Ga-Ga and Pa brought so many snacks. We were hooked up! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwGzQ3qwzVIhMyuu7rRj92_ezMUDSqb5PD-KdgWXHqalCh41el7KtjFeMGEE863eKh9v1YPlwSrfgOID_nG2pKykpP7MNXozI4yap2YsZ-oIgL79C9zu0JQlhj4tre0hAGRHp2HhYir-jZvTG55fHg8RX8IWhl3sTlqC6YsdpX4VM-fIJ6jAEEpgcU-Q/s4000/20230624_171723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwGzQ3qwzVIhMyuu7rRj92_ezMUDSqb5PD-KdgWXHqalCh41el7KtjFeMGEE863eKh9v1YPlwSrfgOID_nG2pKykpP7MNXozI4yap2YsZ-oIgL79C9zu0JQlhj4tre0hAGRHp2HhYir-jZvTG55fHg8RX8IWhl3sTlqC6YsdpX4VM-fIJ6jAEEpgcU-Q/s320/20230624_171723.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">Right between the two trailers were these perfect trees to hang the hammocks from. I didn't even realize until the end of the trip that I happen to capture a rainbow when I took this picture. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvN1mXvX-zQJH6IdUplFNgxQJRoLvNixM91qFnIh8X0TFmkDhVIpBKgVjT9_jyLj3QdcxWI4C142ZGdBtEL8GDfpAt6WE8ToVZsYJvDfKOBYyJaDA69K-WpH4GGkPnP0BN4yEUlqMM5TVYNq41mwmOUsHKUmdtMGlOQLlUfibR3vewrUegepi7781oQY0/s4000/20230624_133726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvN1mXvX-zQJH6IdUplFNgxQJRoLvNixM91qFnIh8X0TFmkDhVIpBKgVjT9_jyLj3QdcxWI4C142ZGdBtEL8GDfpAt6WE8ToVZsYJvDfKOBYyJaDA69K-WpH4GGkPnP0BN4yEUlqMM5TVYNq41mwmOUsHKUmdtMGlOQLlUfibR3vewrUegepi7781oQY0/s320/20230624_133726.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">Not only were the trees good for hanging hammocks from there was also this perfect climbing tree...it honestly looked like a ladder. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_N0ANXBwhv7UJK8Yb72xirqczs3o-t6yna3z9ecgyC0g4KFmdk4pYOvrcEm753dPEZIjEssVlmuG7tYVJk2ObCj9Hgi0f8gz8LGCcjubXWLBlER6LqwPbxDOjoVPeot2KJwjyDrwOV_IyFcEWfl42As6ECmHK0VP5ajnYyf47r6zteI1Xme-bfTXDQw/s4608/IMG_20230624_163636392_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_N0ANXBwhv7UJK8Yb72xirqczs3o-t6yna3z9ecgyC0g4KFmdk4pYOvrcEm753dPEZIjEssVlmuG7tYVJk2ObCj9Hgi0f8gz8LGCcjubXWLBlER6LqwPbxDOjoVPeot2KJwjyDrwOV_IyFcEWfl42As6ECmHK0VP5ajnYyf47r6zteI1Xme-bfTXDQw/s320/IMG_20230624_163636392_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">After our first trip to Oasis, I got to thinking about modifying my upper shelves that Michael designed and built for the trailer. I ended up having him add another full section. It's the far section you see on the right side of the kitchen. Now the shelves can hold about twice as much stuff. With us going on longer camping trips this is going to come in handy a lot! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gNcyBa0lF9b5oQfNAyYiSk48IppQJ13D3pdlBH9H9lWV9GuZQYM2Os7YBEfuHWJMHderKNXrku5YaKcn7aW7UXP8Edg8fZKkMfIQ0FHK-lHvv-QyujSFkj8vWhvYCKOb8ZNpQL5fBVly7F8RUrCv0Wee5xqnxH4QtEKtIQ1M7TDpDR_T2U8FgRgaDmQ/s4608/IMG_20230624_165202085_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gNcyBa0lF9b5oQfNAyYiSk48IppQJ13D3pdlBH9H9lWV9GuZQYM2Os7YBEfuHWJMHderKNXrku5YaKcn7aW7UXP8Edg8fZKkMfIQ0FHK-lHvv-QyujSFkj8vWhvYCKOb8ZNpQL5fBVly7F8RUrCv0Wee5xqnxH4QtEKtIQ1M7TDpDR_T2U8FgRgaDmQ/s320/IMG_20230624_165202085_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">We had fun sitting in the trailer visiting a bit before we were ready to venture out to see the water. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8J4AAi7GTLuus9T4JmZyIUxoE_rv2LLVboeSb2j1VevdIqmElobpg6ZKI2BG5Reczug3WSiMG5pyv0ORGLjeaHxk8JavD-udrgA_5c1uE4SdASdVJObA2oELciPjKNr2DinAGY4bQDDb9RgfPSoTYK4vGw09I0adh7GZ9GWA1vHX113-MG8dTRXp1Kg/s4032/IMG_3049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8J4AAi7GTLuus9T4JmZyIUxoE_rv2LLVboeSb2j1VevdIqmElobpg6ZKI2BG5Reczug3WSiMG5pyv0ORGLjeaHxk8JavD-udrgA_5c1uE4SdASdVJObA2oELciPjKNr2DinAGY4bQDDb9RgfPSoTYK4vGw09I0adh7GZ9GWA1vHX113-MG8dTRXp1Kg/s320/IMG_3049.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">Just a couple sites down there is a walkway that takes you out to the river. The weather was so beautiful...a little chilly, but not too bad. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE6BA8FIpJGih8S_Atzs_mw2pC1aYivn2lexiBo9aJZQCCglU8xLYQgr16ger_q_qfVuqIhad_fbfme4-js5gJEPnE1kMba7O3I-_WpesvPc9OeuQsjWil4Wpug20469FS3104ElR2mgv5kTDOp3Z91WzXIvXzAfy61KIUyyAskThuinZYUFHW7owGbk/s7136/20230624_171957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="7136" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE6BA8FIpJGih8S_Atzs_mw2pC1aYivn2lexiBo9aJZQCCglU8xLYQgr16ger_q_qfVuqIhad_fbfme4-js5gJEPnE1kMba7O3I-_WpesvPc9OeuQsjWil4Wpug20469FS3104ElR2mgv5kTDOp3Z91WzXIvXzAfy61KIUyyAskThuinZYUFHW7owGbk/w400-h160/20230624_171957.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">This area was so much nicer than the last time we camped here. The last time you could barely go out because it was so marshy. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6nF3ukavdAl5n6w6MvmJzC01czG2pjEXQZYQiaf3LzI60SgtF9ESPUyCDfYDrH9oiclU-ByifDO7YtTdHb7rHWiA2fJIAzyEtsrx8EU8uHROROiLqA2kqXgPaEQs_FidGpeu3CykzhYncu9vZsX6UnHPS0TMA4GcKY_Uxrb3-JRxeWLROX5AjmY55Yo/s4000/20230624_172147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6nF3ukavdAl5n6w6MvmJzC01czG2pjEXQZYQiaf3LzI60SgtF9ESPUyCDfYDrH9oiclU-ByifDO7YtTdHb7rHWiA2fJIAzyEtsrx8EU8uHROROiLqA2kqXgPaEQs_FidGpeu3CykzhYncu9vZsX6UnHPS0TMA4GcKY_Uxrb3-JRxeWLROX5AjmY55Yo/s320/20230624_172147.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">I was able to walk all the way down to the river. So pretty! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJR24O3pNeAT9K3tdVgVM0kzsrSo9QVhzIM7cjOYls3bHh408UdCUdVW1gSXdutWivo9a1dBA3vNfCzgTm7-NMVTgZpo4xY0og8G2354oZaW8ZKXzpI2p3zRxtRRxRtpMjGF38YYz-q4MWd9gAAekh6r_wgg2PXYC6EzIfW4mE2k0U5x7I0cfwo4VTzmU/s4000/20230624_173414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJR24O3pNeAT9K3tdVgVM0kzsrSo9QVhzIM7cjOYls3bHh408UdCUdVW1gSXdutWivo9a1dBA3vNfCzgTm7-NMVTgZpo4xY0og8G2354oZaW8ZKXzpI2p3zRxtRRxRtpMjGF38YYz-q4MWd9gAAekh6r_wgg2PXYC6EzIfW4mE2k0U5x7I0cfwo4VTzmU/s320/20230624_173414.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF9qdfyEFfXWmmjV0I43f1vizxiimfBoNRNdq4VWZO0skFeiyh--lB5Wk0FZEMciYgR4dEy1AFDhV157rgUHjKNTQ2iA1tDlBbx7apl41FS_5qysPfgXryzdvIrNbOeJltkRTepaS8_B-7Dgzg8QkOps8JiOW5bZFRSnmV-pCcvFtGfVdWIrGNK6mFitk/s4032/IMG_3054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF9qdfyEFfXWmmjV0I43f1vizxiimfBoNRNdq4VWZO0skFeiyh--lB5Wk0FZEMciYgR4dEy1AFDhV157rgUHjKNTQ2iA1tDlBbx7apl41FS_5qysPfgXryzdvIrNbOeJltkRTepaS8_B-7Dgzg8QkOps8JiOW5bZFRSnmV-pCcvFtGfVdWIrGNK6mFitk/s320/IMG_3054.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">The main reason the kids enjoy this campground so much is this rope swing. They will spend hours in the woods swinging on this thing. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTiwh4nHPf4iEhj4sECcOQKiuwH31t-_wIv1IAPVVTuWeMBJMcj-kBiodYIpK4le7U886wQY4iKu8ZVqauLmoCRuGcqdfuVC081wT4JgVcp8SR2_3T18UaSsAcrRfEFHLgpxS0iXO60AsPZ6nPsJg42H8LQgMn5nucR8Cve0NvAEEPlWRIEZ7iOQoYbQ/s4000/20230624_173551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTiwh4nHPf4iEhj4sECcOQKiuwH31t-_wIv1IAPVVTuWeMBJMcj-kBiodYIpK4le7U886wQY4iKu8ZVqauLmoCRuGcqdfuVC081wT4JgVcp8SR2_3T18UaSsAcrRfEFHLgpxS0iXO60AsPZ6nPsJg42H8LQgMn5nucR8Cve0NvAEEPlWRIEZ7iOQoYbQ/s320/20230624_173551.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">They climb up on this big root, jump on the rope and swing away!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqhXRKGhsKUWYoXO1v9BTR64iEvnSAQeMRvYD7_eolaTTh_bDwBfwiKYIIO78Yc-aftA_ppcUhGWosWpvBhL3WIoZLo51jmb_7WnErliKnvh0CoNJN-wg5xJePJGgY5ErFEB52Tv9PbKFTK32v5RYJJqOrYK3_JNRFOfXUYjJj8E-OZcACLkV2qqy-OU/s4608/IMG_20230624_171742046_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqhXRKGhsKUWYoXO1v9BTR64iEvnSAQeMRvYD7_eolaTTh_bDwBfwiKYIIO78Yc-aftA_ppcUhGWosWpvBhL3WIoZLo51jmb_7WnErliKnvh0CoNJN-wg5xJePJGgY5ErFEB52Tv9PbKFTK32v5RYJJqOrYK3_JNRFOfXUYjJj8E-OZcACLkV2qqy-OU/s320/IMG_20230624_171742046_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">The guys hanging around the firepit....what's missing here? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jMPoZfoYhqWf8tbtX4VY1ulqnN7wHYEmcMpsNpaxr0SQwCvUMsoeNlVYhMhRemLZxpcVvZ5AHmP8nSmXYaHZoWL4OyCf7o81yv9-kG1xJbIkNYw_TAOzzCZF4AS9kt2CtKvEVhi7PEX1tL2VZx2BXyE9ylCSQ6m7E4607kChzulB8Vz696YbFc7WJMA/s4000/20230624_182318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jMPoZfoYhqWf8tbtX4VY1ulqnN7wHYEmcMpsNpaxr0SQwCvUMsoeNlVYhMhRemLZxpcVvZ5AHmP8nSmXYaHZoWL4OyCf7o81yv9-kG1xJbIkNYw_TAOzzCZF4AS9kt2CtKvEVhi7PEX1tL2VZx2BXyE9ylCSQ6m7E4607kChzulB8Vz696YbFc7WJMA/s320/20230624_182318.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">Oh yeah and nice big fire!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0Ky-CFdEGXvYkXjG333VvKpFGYbavJ4DpMmreEYMTzxI0saEP0uJzQ8S0K0-uaUmaRy-wuL-dBD4P6Cb_A_DnAK7leNm4sCTbVD0Se-FDcUd0vZp4_J2ax7wq5xnkbs6Dmp7zYrunNl5Ju4ucMaATyBaFMy0KSLkjQdSQgkL88Uf5M0NQAYqGuUhSSc/s4608/IMG_20230624_182325827_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0Ky-CFdEGXvYkXjG333VvKpFGYbavJ4DpMmreEYMTzxI0saEP0uJzQ8S0K0-uaUmaRy-wuL-dBD4P6Cb_A_DnAK7leNm4sCTbVD0Se-FDcUd0vZp4_J2ax7wq5xnkbs6Dmp7zYrunNl5Ju4ucMaATyBaFMy0KSLkjQdSQgkL88Uf5M0NQAYqGuUhSSc/s320/IMG_20230624_182325827_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">To keep things easier the first night we decided to have hot dogs for dinner. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbghEbXxOMWbnIyygim3GBoI6mXWeJTXCKqleIX_qNmfMvWxQu7q-5iIwahmHQCTL2ImeQscp3w-xWY9ZYimriPiS4BWJFCqMMQZjODb5f-IlRb2gPpU18SV03PQTsaiEgq2lwC9G2m0akisKfLOE3MFSOZniR0KDaWmXGhHCcQWoPoJ2kyuV202TwGN8/s4000/20230624_182315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbghEbXxOMWbnIyygim3GBoI6mXWeJTXCKqleIX_qNmfMvWxQu7q-5iIwahmHQCTL2ImeQscp3w-xWY9ZYimriPiS4BWJFCqMMQZjODb5f-IlRb2gPpU18SV03PQTsaiEgq2lwC9G2m0akisKfLOE3MFSOZniR0KDaWmXGhHCcQWoPoJ2kyuV202TwGN8/s320/20230624_182315.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">We brought regular Hebrew National Dogs and then Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Dogs. The Jalapeno ones were really tasty. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh882AeOD90GtndhC5WD4R5aOtJ0-ZdQ3annIjBJkL6gxZPjI0XcxTyx1gfQk-l_2TZQnBkr3fvI7IEGECVBldg7r8ZypBVEULv0tW-PPIx9XShgTnh6UmoT7AVx7E8JiXX7-7oK78IOhy0f3UjHB2xPKElvylgXjYcPsepr5ulcprPuYxZ20ktgLs_pr4/s4000/20230624_182324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh882AeOD90GtndhC5WD4R5aOtJ0-ZdQ3annIjBJkL6gxZPjI0XcxTyx1gfQk-l_2TZQnBkr3fvI7IEGECVBldg7r8ZypBVEULv0tW-PPIx9XShgTnh6UmoT7AVx7E8JiXX7-7oK78IOhy0f3UjHB2xPKElvylgXjYcPsepr5ulcprPuYxZ20ktgLs_pr4/s320/20230624_182324.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">So many fun memories around the fire! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEkROMpDMgG_yXDd7AtJl6YHxNbzCIlyhHPtSI6MKBNN0iK0o5Yw2p_tR6CKah1BEMrz-4bMewcH68URj95Q04qVWGBeqNd91Pt0lswi6u6caE6o-L8I_UMnUdyaAv7KGj3SG0bB2TVG-0bMXHirLlK46hW9o4h70Sl20wcv7PunZWbYzpejA-phuumM/s4608/IMG_20230624_181347605_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEkROMpDMgG_yXDd7AtJl6YHxNbzCIlyhHPtSI6MKBNN0iK0o5Yw2p_tR6CKah1BEMrz-4bMewcH68URj95Q04qVWGBeqNd91Pt0lswi6u6caE6o-L8I_UMnUdyaAv7KGj3SG0bB2TVG-0bMXHirLlK46hW9o4h70Sl20wcv7PunZWbYzpejA-phuumM/s320/IMG_20230624_181347605_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">Pa with Jackson. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">Jack and Owen only stayed one night of this camping trip. Jackson needed to be back in order to go to Puget Sound Skills Center on Monday. </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-88107516419821650292023-06-22T07:00:00.002-07:002023-09-20T14:19:30.195-07:00Oasis Camping Trip - Day 4 & 5<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">Our 4th day of camping was just more of the same...golfing, games, eating, reading and relaxing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqtxLUnbtB3hbMOF09eNmHlW4fbeO-JeBwkvh0-BdYuNSgM4tHQcC0weYsMdMcXUzpsEF2ETNSg1TvJ48ExQUc30EUnIKMrImGQTa3JlDLQEA2xWrVRuizEFDC8N9ig008hTe734KzL7UEjnOupIC7a-8t10Cp2sAT1OSFE9Bv8Yxp2k3fLYATSv1i2Q/s4000/20230620_133717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqtxLUnbtB3hbMOF09eNmHlW4fbeO-JeBwkvh0-BdYuNSgM4tHQcC0weYsMdMcXUzpsEF2ETNSg1TvJ48ExQUc30EUnIKMrImGQTa3JlDLQEA2xWrVRuizEFDC8N9ig008hTe734KzL7UEjnOupIC7a-8t10Cp2sAT1OSFE9Bv8Yxp2k3fLYATSv1i2Q/s320/20230620_133717.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">The kids love to bring their money with them and go up to the little store at the campground and buy stuff. Owen got one of the king sized drumsticks and he was a happy guy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">On our fifth and last full day we were supposed to be spending it with friends who live just a bit north of Ephrata, but unfortunately it didn't work out. So instead we were determined to get a hike in somewhere. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60gWLWdMtwet9d6L_Vmj-PCJyt_OjGI_WgXeZuifbx5EHWvCQdaLYeWhN03yDOyvFF2Ij3auNNqHm3d4Pi8HOJAP2wuwiWEpO2PUyAtlZrpikzOH2NWLiBLU4sNKb1EEq3BCvJJLFbkEHaOSbkCs2iOQykXExVDi7I5g_OCFuIKc9ct7qTm6a53nr0jY/s4000/20230621_105222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60gWLWdMtwet9d6L_Vmj-PCJyt_OjGI_WgXeZuifbx5EHWvCQdaLYeWhN03yDOyvFF2Ij3auNNqHm3d4Pi8HOJAP2wuwiWEpO2PUyAtlZrpikzOH2NWLiBLU4sNKb1EEq3BCvJJLFbkEHaOSbkCs2iOQykXExVDi7I5g_OCFuIKc9ct7qTm6a53nr0jY/s320/20230621_105222.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">We ended up driving to Quincy and just outside town there is a trail called Ancient Lakes.</span></div><div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzDilUCh_CtAJ_x0gSb8kXh9-6v-hhWW4XLoeVN8W06h9SksSWvXDcGhjRyB4OuKHC79GX2dot3rF-qjWqSQ9Nz11GXZSxT0nQq_ZHtmDvU5IoItLpKyPeh4Oz7ekqdobmh3pmuHcYM6HlicicO1Qu19Ep94J9zK8-5fFa-vH4dtX7chgU1zoy7Y2WUw/s4000/20230621_105229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzDilUCh_CtAJ_x0gSb8kXh9-6v-hhWW4XLoeVN8W06h9SksSWvXDcGhjRyB4OuKHC79GX2dot3rF-qjWqSQ9Nz11GXZSxT0nQq_ZHtmDvU5IoItLpKyPeh4Oz7ekqdobmh3pmuHcYM6HlicicO1Qu19Ep94J9zK8-5fFa-vH4dtX7chgU1zoy7Y2WUw/s320/20230621_105229.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">Driving down toward the Columbia Gorge was so beautiful! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCJq2N8h74W4zJ6e4qmswaG1giRQ23qFB3ZoXKw3cxYjuUPikWVKM1lyS8apjVKsPeuu5PRUWlr2IE3NwnRQGPNXuJ00Ryorg5q7nwxMU-jm_41WjkP--_LQP7UIlLwl2HyROL5JuHJ6pyHpBoKTI3CQDqvnQL1RGBN4k_qNgiU8qTx6uv0EGk1thS3w/s4000/20230621_110423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCJq2N8h74W4zJ6e4qmswaG1giRQ23qFB3ZoXKw3cxYjuUPikWVKM1lyS8apjVKsPeuu5PRUWlr2IE3NwnRQGPNXuJ00Ryorg5q7nwxMU-jm_41WjkP--_LQP7UIlLwl2HyROL5JuHJ6pyHpBoKTI3CQDqvnQL1RGBN4k_qNgiU8qTx6uv0EGk1thS3w/s320/20230621_110423.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">On the trail we found a painted rock! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7wQ3JXqKX2u2gqZ3YBc6JUTAZfi2QEGckv3hT1AbcZ76POO0jITc-uE7QNvz_Y6xDd9I0EAtM-q0n8gWEDKvYKkYuvSWiwNecRYtGRFvHp1MJSRwfPozxUPmGWb-uLTWg3n9Pe4VX-TOBBx9ud4wb0b2vvD1VPJ3CwyWXCJGg2PjaycdQjH2wnlZizQ/s4000/20230621_110435.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7wQ3JXqKX2u2gqZ3YBc6JUTAZfi2QEGckv3hT1AbcZ76POO0jITc-uE7QNvz_Y6xDd9I0EAtM-q0n8gWEDKvYKkYuvSWiwNecRYtGRFvHp1MJSRwfPozxUPmGWb-uLTWg3n9Pe4VX-TOBBx9ud4wb0b2vvD1VPJ3CwyWXCJGg2PjaycdQjH2wnlZizQ/s320/20230621_110435.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">The weather was supposed to be only about 63 degrees which we figured would be perfect. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQdkhtmOaYzw2ki2WL32RmUVaBtpHcv9f5ziwrSJYI7AVpISvHLaKKh2uLsbQYzSjNYP6msMvLALpQ_s9FTNIwytDtimu8wSw613WBaH6wnPeU515g7kAu8ck574uDIrIRAj8AKPtNgvpQ2Ji5pNqZD-oCHAxvLpgt5tL8Axhj0SqlWmN-UKpNRr431A/s4000/20230621_110454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQdkhtmOaYzw2ki2WL32RmUVaBtpHcv9f5ziwrSJYI7AVpISvHLaKKh2uLsbQYzSjNYP6msMvLALpQ_s9FTNIwytDtimu8wSw613WBaH6wnPeU515g7kAu8ck574uDIrIRAj8AKPtNgvpQ2Ji5pNqZD-oCHAxvLpgt5tL8Axhj0SqlWmN-UKpNRr431A/s320/20230621_110454.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">Look at these huge rock cliffs. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQhytft6lToSrt6eq7QFM_2GRsYe9tqACNobU7mbfgN2F4KmC2pse0OJ_ml8pnxH0TUyhKsmCma_NE8Y2Uuw4c7GRHwOIfFL1VuL3xJR4kf1pSaijwZvTjIeHhHfwgeeeElgFuK2wVQ3pvnj4nRbrTiDM8HdV1ZHyDJLVI4oWFqO7a4fzvxSSdvVIICQ/s4000/20230621_110538.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQhytft6lToSrt6eq7QFM_2GRsYe9tqACNobU7mbfgN2F4KmC2pse0OJ_ml8pnxH0TUyhKsmCma_NE8Y2Uuw4c7GRHwOIfFL1VuL3xJR4kf1pSaijwZvTjIeHhHfwgeeeElgFuK2wVQ3pvnj4nRbrTiDM8HdV1ZHyDJLVI4oWFqO7a4fzvxSSdvVIICQ/s320/20230621_110538.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">We couldn't have asked for a nicer day. And truly it wasn't hot. Michael did read that almost no one hikes this trail in July & August....it's just too hot! The majority of people that hike it do so in April and November. </span></div><div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwjHn9MvNbZoNFXXUNxtj-Zpnf_Q1bLSYS8-Yxb00J8HtovN2EYhwSffrdz61_1-tDyQRco5Gsq3S_fATPjWG34pYAGUQIGUduln-LLPWGpdd_V4HvmmpYPP6R2K7xtNEl9IgJye4OATQ_rKfLTuQ5798nUHcg0pxQmT3IIhXG4GVznemynzyTWcaKIU/s6544/20230621_110714.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="6544" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwjHn9MvNbZoNFXXUNxtj-Zpnf_Q1bLSYS8-Yxb00J8HtovN2EYhwSffrdz61_1-tDyQRco5Gsq3S_fATPjWG34pYAGUQIGUduln-LLPWGpdd_V4HvmmpYPP6R2K7xtNEl9IgJye4OATQ_rKfLTuQ5798nUHcg0pxQmT3IIhXG4GVznemynzyTWcaKIU/s320/20230621_110714.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">The clouds were so pretty! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcpFFcLwmyqpC8UpOKeIcrslcmHIPD6T1n1kyESyH0TJVrXQ9OcIkr6Oj2S6bPk-lTN2IefDrpge0QfiEHU7lqqLZprJ-_8_nkTUS0MH7wSFWGfNuUsYs2nMtqe3somb2fRo6c9oHOuw-dalVjgwxbh3JNklIe-nXkUMfieuCkouTZ6kJQ1DOKjCRBJE/s4000/20230621_112337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcpFFcLwmyqpC8UpOKeIcrslcmHIPD6T1n1kyESyH0TJVrXQ9OcIkr6Oj2S6bPk-lTN2IefDrpge0QfiEHU7lqqLZprJ-_8_nkTUS0MH7wSFWGfNuUsYs2nMtqe3somb2fRo6c9oHOuw-dalVjgwxbh3JNklIe-nXkUMfieuCkouTZ6kJQ1DOKjCRBJE/s320/20230621_112337.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrw4DBJlnlzt3DIy0KZr9rpZSnrr6_dWadvH5muy0204d8h9EerLzPzoAJ7e0Nh4tXHhOTau1mWUNCimTTGSvNKNIrpxqeqblDeQTyTHKO49o1ZfvwHOq8of2RNK-xsIRMIm3TIKYEtqcf94Etcli6kNoguBBSmAijrd70pvd-EREQwDyveIyIpLIHqs/s4000/20230621_112509.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrw4DBJlnlzt3DIy0KZr9rpZSnrr6_dWadvH5muy0204d8h9EerLzPzoAJ7e0Nh4tXHhOTau1mWUNCimTTGSvNKNIrpxqeqblDeQTyTHKO49o1ZfvwHOq8of2RNK-xsIRMIm3TIKYEtqcf94Etcli6kNoguBBSmAijrd70pvd-EREQwDyveIyIpLIHqs/s320/20230621_112509.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">I found this huge dandelion! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-empNLR-sszsiUrvmnIkY_Inbs35-WVKeoikg5qhJxNBBD30gJ5nMyewCaeThI1yE8GYpjQXmK8MIOYKxbaDLOplMDl17Rrg1JnlxBiw4xoUGEJQossLv6l_53Kdf21vaZshVNIxYz5kJkcDmgdp55qkwfJmT6h7CTG-KctwX2qCknWvvNhT0c0lHnBY/s4000/20230621_112519.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-empNLR-sszsiUrvmnIkY_Inbs35-WVKeoikg5qhJxNBBD30gJ5nMyewCaeThI1yE8GYpjQXmK8MIOYKxbaDLOplMDl17Rrg1JnlxBiw4xoUGEJQossLv6l_53Kdf21vaZshVNIxYz5kJkcDmgdp55qkwfJmT6h7CTG-KctwX2qCknWvvNhT0c0lHnBY/s320/20230621_112519.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">I had Ella hold it up so you could really see how huge it was. It was almost as big as her head! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLq2QiwTNaoLTEimpQGaKy_SXbNBTmikA2Lz9SDkZbnGx-LzJFuxYLyqBhX3NWgUCzpHr5i_ATZkTlLvaf0rhEOYJTmR6EJBVo65s3kYl49fOA9FCVvOEpkbPTfefi2M5rEZlPWXnTJ8dJDUtSye4Xm1RNBi2tLVmlQaXA_U4IAlH5yfAnUenbdou6CM/s4000/20230621_113122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLq2QiwTNaoLTEimpQGaKy_SXbNBTmikA2Lz9SDkZbnGx-LzJFuxYLyqBhX3NWgUCzpHr5i_ATZkTlLvaf0rhEOYJTmR6EJBVo65s3kYl49fOA9FCVvOEpkbPTfefi2M5rEZlPWXnTJ8dJDUtSye4Xm1RNBi2tLVmlQaXA_U4IAlH5yfAnUenbdou6CM/s320/20230621_113122.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately our sweet girl was not feeling the best this day. She had a headache and was sick to her tummy. She wanted to go back to the truck, but it was about the same distance to keep going as it was to turn around. Also sitting in the truck wasn't going to make her feel any better, but maybe walking around and seeing nature would help get her mind off it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrwsBrSoqsAAqaYjrVsTngBpq2CVrOfAK2JIRehm18ckAUphCUtmkUPefpFF3e297A94Eg1qGPAziAu99o_2_OHA7-VhmKeglIw-1PdkJG4o9QOIrnXZnzGPlP28Y76Pep0162ZvPmGwxhOjemh5XvnZerAyONDPLJSx0boNYpbY48adzMBOiLxPHIjg/s7328/20230621_113131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="7328" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrwsBrSoqsAAqaYjrVsTngBpq2CVrOfAK2JIRehm18ckAUphCUtmkUPefpFF3e297A94Eg1qGPAziAu99o_2_OHA7-VhmKeglIw-1PdkJG4o9QOIrnXZnzGPlP28Y76Pep0162ZvPmGwxhOjemh5XvnZerAyONDPLJSx0boNYpbY48adzMBOiLxPHIjg/s320/20230621_113131.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">Right after I took this panoramic picture Ella bent over and puked. This is just what happens when she gets a headache. She has to puke and get it over with. We waited for a bit and let her relax and then we continued on. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEva7A-BVQQzBXjhHDKcTywZj7DOSgaAw_4kMlQnbvwInP7v89qz5be7E-cgOvYzFyhlHkLqueQmbM-YpqrTFSJ5_CsmOY-jRK0qnS_cN71dCUO0aAsZiJlNYdqNn0pd7s8e6ny5jj7mENIePtZ8BfWvn9Jm_DAjbAGRp2Ze2DxL7SU4okbO8heOksvq8/s4000/20230621_114557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEva7A-BVQQzBXjhHDKcTywZj7DOSgaAw_4kMlQnbvwInP7v89qz5be7E-cgOvYzFyhlHkLqueQmbM-YpqrTFSJ5_CsmOY-jRK0qnS_cN71dCUO0aAsZiJlNYdqNn0pd7s8e6ny5jj7mENIePtZ8BfWvn9Jm_DAjbAGRp2Ze2DxL7SU4okbO8heOksvq8/s320/20230621_114557.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">We finally actually saw some lakes. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuoEJXPpWovaqBNla-XFgNXoVy7fSQFP7sXNN_hQz625elyjAz2mqwH7dyekEHyKkvMBvx1kwzeb5ejMr3R-evX_EknoSwVVztej3APQ_IOgNo4LENQ_CUWV_qQw92H-T9S26iNOUowtmff-Uponn5z7tbR6if9nhu7KfrY-3Cc-Ut--yE5ra0xaJSfU/s4000/20230621_115309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuoEJXPpWovaqBNla-XFgNXoVy7fSQFP7sXNN_hQz625elyjAz2mqwH7dyekEHyKkvMBvx1kwzeb5ejMr3R-evX_EknoSwVVztej3APQ_IOgNo4LENQ_CUWV_qQw92H-T9S26iNOUowtmff-Uponn5z7tbR6if9nhu7KfrY-3Cc-Ut--yE5ra0xaJSfU/s320/20230621_115309.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">The water was the prettiest shade of turquoise! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEFlDOFNgZ8Unys5_XVMQ9Tq3pkpS-6vcoBvrsQvtYXTKbO7aiRmgmzA59GGVnTK6xmBj6aRYSNmvmOLbahVfwef-8oziXADyZicJSLT8S79j-MwZUPyVktKlzpSTDADSabdvoByiFz1_r53-Ce3KWQ2-1-iPxBxubQXh2q-DfGsyGi7tlY6rmjfBs6c/s4000/20230621_120236.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEFlDOFNgZ8Unys5_XVMQ9Tq3pkpS-6vcoBvrsQvtYXTKbO7aiRmgmzA59GGVnTK6xmBj6aRYSNmvmOLbahVfwef-8oziXADyZicJSLT8S79j-MwZUPyVktKlzpSTDADSabdvoByiFz1_r53-Ce3KWQ2-1-iPxBxubQXh2q-DfGsyGi7tlY6rmjfBs6c/s320/20230621_120236.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">Of course if there's a tree Zeke will climb it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zsQSWSTm3aBLioaxtMWk55nyd4rl7kNh7YxUt-spg3b79mXgQnnjoEU8FmGJMNY6sCgpEJPdZPqr7zJpDC4ZHhPM0R9fOXA3mdBx-B-9XtF5NJgERcQ1Kn_zbc5S3leoU2mjMEkj9MdpsdeZ7CPB4Y7EI9j5aMc3o0fC8PszIDmj6AQrJwBnFfBLOzg/s4000/20230621_120351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zsQSWSTm3aBLioaxtMWk55nyd4rl7kNh7YxUt-spg3b79mXgQnnjoEU8FmGJMNY6sCgpEJPdZPqr7zJpDC4ZHhPM0R9fOXA3mdBx-B-9XtF5NJgERcQ1Kn_zbc5S3leoU2mjMEkj9MdpsdeZ7CPB4Y7EI9j5aMc3o0fC8PszIDmj6AQrJwBnFfBLOzg/s320/20230621_120351.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">This lake was surrounded by tons of frogs....good sized ones too. It was so funny we'd just be walking along and then you hear this grumble like "Meh" and then a frog would jump in the water and disappear. It was so funny! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCbjJ7LyWt05_1DU6_sKPFt5r0ifJZSV1VYwsNcrmg-LZ9XgSh8womZJ84TSJOVbzj4lujDRMwHD4qJsT3ExAgqIgaplP-Fwv2_eTsnih7WVAFoNo7qHOKlla8hAoHQuvCllBGq2quH7FmmfeDjc-IPV1Qy4KREbG3DTwfhNcadjvbNIXU1aBNYqwe2w/s4000/20230621_120355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCbjJ7LyWt05_1DU6_sKPFt5r0ifJZSV1VYwsNcrmg-LZ9XgSh8womZJ84TSJOVbzj4lujDRMwHD4qJsT3ExAgqIgaplP-Fwv2_eTsnih7WVAFoNo7qHOKlla8hAoHQuvCllBGq2quH7FmmfeDjc-IPV1Qy4KREbG3DTwfhNcadjvbNIXU1aBNYqwe2w/s320/20230621_120355.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">While we were checking out the lake Ella sat on a rock to rest a bit. After this we started the trek back. According to Google Maps this was a loop. I asked the kids if they wanted to go out the way we came or do the actual loop and go on a different part of the trail. It was same distance so it didn't really matter. We decided to go on the part of the trail we hadn't gone on yet. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">Well, evidentially that part of the trail isn't used much....I guess most people just come in and then go back out the way they came in. Also it wasn't helping that Google was having a hard time finding exactly where we were. The nice thing was because we were in a valley we could see where we needed to go by looking at the rock formations. We knew we were headed in the right direction. Michael did have us cut across a field a couple of times trying to get us on the right trail. The only annoying thing about that was all those sticky weed things that get stuck to your socks. We all had to pick those out of our socks before continuing on. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;">The nice part was by this point in the trip Ella was feeling great. She really turned a corner after puking and didn't have any issues the rest of the day. Finally after a couple course corrections we were on the right trail and we got back to the truck. What Michael had thought would be about 2.5 miles ended up being 5.4 miles. We did say we wanted to go on a nice hike and it was a nice hike. The funniest part was listening to Owen who kept informing us that going off the trail was how people ended up dead. That kid is hilarious! We did tell him that in most cases that would be true especially in the woods, but since we were in the dessert and could literally see the rock formation that the truck was parked next to he had no need to fear! </span></div><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> The next day was our pack up and head home day which I never ever take any pictures of. First camping trip of 2023 was in the books! </div></span><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-58962852623312914492023-06-20T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-20T13:45:58.082-07:00Oasis Camping Trip - Day 3<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">After relaxing at the campground for a full day we wanted to go out and explore somewhere new and go on a hike. Michael researched and found Summer Falls. It looked like it would be a fun place to go and it wasn't very far from the campground. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYt_ZFsmMPCTMXXNlraMOjJuIFyjFI57iDwV0IXB_FlKxKyqK_jx4c0LYg-8tJr4bYI7f-Diiwgoj1oAk8-OPS5eoBSnlVceUf_fWuTgKxWSBuJsanIiWVmVsrWl7WGCcQo4crXnR8mbpPjDdrElCincwwr0wfyTL-hpO32vz_iLSi_IrEBUoZb_P9e-0/s4000/20230619_112950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYt_ZFsmMPCTMXXNlraMOjJuIFyjFI57iDwV0IXB_FlKxKyqK_jx4c0LYg-8tJr4bYI7f-Diiwgoj1oAk8-OPS5eoBSnlVceUf_fWuTgKxWSBuJsanIiWVmVsrWl7WGCcQo4crXnR8mbpPjDdrElCincwwr0wfyTL-hpO32vz_iLSi_IrEBUoZb_P9e-0/s320/20230619_112950.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Summer Falls is right next to a power paint by the same name. It had a really nice grassy area with picnic tables, but unfortunately there really weren't any hiking trails like it showed online. They've blocked those areas off most likely due to safety concerns. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir20lozmEFOZYwohiXC0FODciDU8qiotCi15k9mrjLkkazvKTsok73rVBdz0mvD0AuOerS14pA1uwRrtwf0X1qoZ-w131uotwUx4hurZtVmP6zgzeITWNiZxDKWxR-OCgr4RipcC6A_cJ5N6SNrOasUI5kOWYkPcDs_Kb_qM60R864dWYTMmGnnazNTdE/s4000/20230619_113216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir20lozmEFOZYwohiXC0FODciDU8qiotCi15k9mrjLkkazvKTsok73rVBdz0mvD0AuOerS14pA1uwRrtwf0X1qoZ-w131uotwUx4hurZtVmP6zgzeITWNiZxDKWxR-OCgr4RipcC6A_cJ5N6SNrOasUI5kOWYkPcDs_Kb_qM60R864dWYTMmGnnazNTdE/s320/20230619_113216.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">It was still gorgeous to look around though. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk4JJbOm5iDH-D1l-Hm33p23f65Skw0ZP1PCGI4j7SAhqNvSLJscn34kWVQnqJceAfJEEX3T2h2hbDL9EejKVWjUzg66iShmLMmiZNC4XFB2xGckrf44rCNpBUCZjLuUTjfJrPkABkK8GBeWvkS1Jidb8Ngilb03wZxoNNOT8N8pvfQM7ar4-CG_0asY/s4000/20230619_113235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk4JJbOm5iDH-D1l-Hm33p23f65Skw0ZP1PCGI4j7SAhqNvSLJscn34kWVQnqJceAfJEEX3T2h2hbDL9EejKVWjUzg66iShmLMmiZNC4XFB2xGckrf44rCNpBUCZjLuUTjfJrPkABkK8GBeWvkS1Jidb8Ngilb03wZxoNNOT8N8pvfQM7ar4-CG_0asY/s320/20230619_113235.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Wr6D7KEIEvw1cueMCQlgI0KbZB-Lc2_zKa0k-iju8StwG1AbBtvZMKBLVB6HnlVusAHaKVqpMsZ3solcIiEgWtGz5pRFT-0jSvqkBUR7IY1ZyEoD1hgXCBtODUMJB2R9X6MysWTC_836yGyhv-DudlnhGYdqCeeR7cNT1N2-HRqcGJqm6Ojua7rK6S0/s320/20230619_114128.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">The water was so clear near the edges! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">We ended up seeing a turtle sunning himself on a rock. Unfortunately he jumped in when we tried to get closer. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GGZbzdMUc_2HZdUz6tQ3jFlOWmiJtdUxeLtvuDNkOpVtgTwOwSzZc2lquw4i1l6hWdq65M9ti0kYzS65Bv3FJ8C3dr87blZUhrU76hcRn2kLLVpSwlERACScgEdL8mxaPtABtATo1GvKCoMQAy0FWYz5AQfsBo8OBMP3Bw8Zy-cYFib3R2383sDBnB8/s4000/20230619_114659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GGZbzdMUc_2HZdUz6tQ3jFlOWmiJtdUxeLtvuDNkOpVtgTwOwSzZc2lquw4i1l6hWdq65M9ti0kYzS65Bv3FJ8C3dr87blZUhrU76hcRn2kLLVpSwlERACScgEdL8mxaPtABtATo1GvKCoMQAy0FWYz5AQfsBo8OBMP3Bw8Zy-cYFib3R2383sDBnB8/s320/20230619_114659.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">So long Summer Falls! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HHxtth-Ls4BYRbYqOTyilCjpRFzqPsXKCjyHmmuOk3VVXC1byZa-4XkU40SAv0jsa4RWS3KWx6KfbPgeFUoifPas6Z6pbCZJinteaClRnjbdBcegc9DKN-QAB1ZnYj5i7Mk0uP7MxI32ioBLrGcvp9jUz6MeTv7zXLzrHJuu_PuU6up_NVgTfum_0HQ/s4000/20230619_145533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HHxtth-Ls4BYRbYqOTyilCjpRFzqPsXKCjyHmmuOk3VVXC1byZa-4XkU40SAv0jsa4RWS3KWx6KfbPgeFUoifPas6Z6pbCZJinteaClRnjbdBcegc9DKN-QAB1ZnYj5i7Mk0uP7MxI32ioBLrGcvp9jUz6MeTv7zXLzrHJuu_PuU6up_NVgTfum_0HQ/s320/20230619_145533.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Since it was a nice day the kids wanted to go swimming. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0SE6cLfe1sbJ1zMsEPlfipWaxV3JDzvThvGvp__PEFV0t3P1lvKKrj8l3HvvbS5OKP227tshJ4NxUw9c02oYQmhmc6VLLWxxJhz_GsZexaLz5RSvV05-kua6zhWM7LFpOUW74ezOtJ2gXYx74MBgMC1Tx-_uwNRavCwynJKP7DfEviaMcpcp3P2Zyrw/s4000/20230619_150036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0SE6cLfe1sbJ1zMsEPlfipWaxV3JDzvThvGvp__PEFV0t3P1lvKKrj8l3HvvbS5OKP227tshJ4NxUw9c02oYQmhmc6VLLWxxJhz_GsZexaLz5RSvV05-kua6zhWM7LFpOUW74ezOtJ2gXYx74MBgMC1Tx-_uwNRavCwynJKP7DfEviaMcpcp3P2Zyrw/s320/20230619_150036.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrxFpmkkf4ie1k4gM9c6mpWd0JSIJYSMggCDTFBSrcIj8ycP9PjI97NI20qEt3BsfkvtfXaOjMTZPaD4plCZYdyEdTxpYSauRcMmHPD1vC7ADwHqzyhdd4HKM8U-Y-17Q-PChvjSuAX0gDGiJwj4FmkCjNDhFb1LUkmlUewtzZLEdA2DSGqU8V5DpQmQ/s4000/20230619_150104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrxFpmkkf4ie1k4gM9c6mpWd0JSIJYSMggCDTFBSrcIj8ycP9PjI97NI20qEt3BsfkvtfXaOjMTZPaD4plCZYdyEdTxpYSauRcMmHPD1vC7ADwHqzyhdd4HKM8U-Y-17Q-PChvjSuAX0gDGiJwj4FmkCjNDhFb1LUkmlUewtzZLEdA2DSGqU8V5DpQmQ/s320/20230619_150104.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">They had a good time in the water. Of course we had to buy some new goggles since a couple of the old ones broke. One of the new pairs from the store ended up breaking right away, but thankfully the lady was so nice and gave us another pair for free. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2AsVp-QaqdI53FIDmyH4sW09VBiJ5zFl9p1mNGpb5bMPW0lg1Uv4TIrCXUJRSEK_Cb2aIKU-F7rWQLeG4zzIR1Jp_GGEQFXNqFWUiV15V7E1NisEpU18LG0RdcgMvHxBs9-T1_5Ak2a--Y02ui9K3JAAQwdI-otWGJ9cdIfIZuKot8wG-MEYC8Jou6k/s4000/20230619_184643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2AsVp-QaqdI53FIDmyH4sW09VBiJ5zFl9p1mNGpb5bMPW0lg1Uv4TIrCXUJRSEK_Cb2aIKU-F7rWQLeG4zzIR1Jp_GGEQFXNqFWUiV15V7E1NisEpU18LG0RdcgMvHxBs9-T1_5Ak2a--Y02ui9K3JAAQwdI-otWGJ9cdIfIZuKot8wG-MEYC8Jou6k/w300-h400/20230619_184643.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">One of the things we do every time we come to Oasis is we stop at Thorp to buy a couple of these. Spring Creek Lavender Farm in Ellenburg makes Sparkling Lavender Lemonade & Sparkling Hibiscus Lemonade with a hint of Lavender and it is one of the best things you'll ever taste. They are $4 a bottle, but they are worth it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXde-abVZdFNyFrctvCPpOPttjvxeOpPIJHBjn4nNQVpUNhN39gSgn7ZkS1physLlKsjfOSsIudtbMXUyaj2BvjFSK8iFoyVBgoKIdABVC4u61ohfHdL6seY0EtLgHvkvKtVqsecu7sqT-WlRvgSKyFpSwKLTkKkQCEFWhEmFVn7I_qthcIpM0XD13X8/s4000/20230619_192553.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXde-abVZdFNyFrctvCPpOPttjvxeOpPIJHBjn4nNQVpUNhN39gSgn7ZkS1physLlKsjfOSsIudtbMXUyaj2BvjFSK8iFoyVBgoKIdABVC4u61ohfHdL6seY0EtLgHvkvKtVqsecu7sqT-WlRvgSKyFpSwKLTkKkQCEFWhEmFVn7I_qthcIpM0XD13X8/s320/20230619_192553.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Something new that I tried this camping trip was using those Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies instead of graham crackers for smores. My cousin Melody introduced me to these and oh my goodness...they were so yummy! And no the cookie is not on fire it was just a happy accident that ended up making for a cool looking picture! :)</span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-78498955336227508532023-06-19T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-20T13:28:00.142-07:00Oasis Camping Trip - Day 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Like I said in the last post the ducklings were around a lot and these kids had so much fun just watching them from edge of the pond. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3dXc9TFvNVA9vcYMo357UqXhiV7P489duHYTgKN59NJFwd3vvZaL3K7kQS8bvdDVAHu7GTToynsYQufQkMTQmUe8t9cpgjSn7JNzKm4eG8i_dZNCQxHnOF0xGGn4L-c_41d-kWM5rSCNfJnXGzskcjEjW_HClfuD9-L1JusN-BJtR3N0m9PcS9_MKL8/s4000/20230618_093459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfdESHM86iQgN5q69xmMyu9LIzkwM8XyAbyWudXsXPfUFMyE9Hm-KfLww0vBHj8lTHUIE8JfrayMLFe122Gxr7dpD1Xl1Q5SspYQELOk6nuJkigg3V2y5LrhumJEEQOooRyWoJmGeQCoInQRGfIIanJaa7DjVn8doisxiWXnML-GXufB0azJtMqsoNtg/s4000/20230618_093514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">The pond usually gets all gross during the day, but most of the time when you wake up on the morning the wind during the night has blow all the crude over to the sides and it looks beautiful like it did this morning. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Even though the sun was out it's wasn't going to be terribly warm while we were there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxggodGypS_gtB3YqxfxsCH1EHaLjveyv4mnH5jzCD0lmHLaFSdBUkW4jxrbhtjqCLgo6rN8Ioh8B1PbjREyhTsTCvtq-st-sED4WNVLRj8Pa-9g5w-Gw9W6Ze9dDp6f7jii-IwUyTybjmDKlfzxFNDji81Hb-Y2I6NCXymRWMsNKtGoJC_EVII0GbYw/s4000/20230618_094222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxggodGypS_gtB3YqxfxsCH1EHaLjveyv4mnH5jzCD0lmHLaFSdBUkW4jxrbhtjqCLgo6rN8Ioh8B1PbjREyhTsTCvtq-st-sED4WNVLRj8Pa-9g5w-Gw9W6Ze9dDp6f7jii-IwUyTybjmDKlfzxFNDji81Hb-Y2I6NCXymRWMsNKtGoJC_EVII0GbYw/s320/20230618_094222.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Daddy's ready to go golfing with all the kids. You can only have 4 people together, but the nice thing is Owen and Jack are old enough they don't have to stay with Michael. I stayed back and enjoyed sitting in my hammock reading! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EF3qLgWRbsPmYp9sKsojQN6iktTDStWoeFJJQrPYRQjV6btSRkepKq-9Li_RhAwTCJIsjp8mtLi980F7q5DnSI0Fws_X6sHvs--T7DEr4B8-UxCxSK9AElIRIF9I1_awdIMI9CVhYChY8EzkuA2-A2zwD76xQfr8SlyoFtYo4U76j06oxmnlZytKkmU/s4000/20230618_111125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EF3qLgWRbsPmYp9sKsojQN6iktTDStWoeFJJQrPYRQjV6btSRkepKq-9Li_RhAwTCJIsjp8mtLi980F7q5DnSI0Fws_X6sHvs--T7DEr4B8-UxCxSK9AElIRIF9I1_awdIMI9CVhYChY8EzkuA2-A2zwD76xQfr8SlyoFtYo4U76j06oxmnlZytKkmU/s320/20230618_111125.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Of course we spent lots of times playing games....like Farkle! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPevnQrYI-8KZippPiP4w_vZmxx0ygogcI6GULT6ig1wD9Gzo16_6KoWa_XQNj1eHDxeW2HMdPy83jwk-XaEoOZCbCjTmWTmL5vZJPKFxebYvW0GPUXcDyRVR3MKV4Bj-U3pWFyPhZRGEVMD27YcIMOOxPt3JAdScjjjKcbxtk4MFNicygZpyOpBrjhRM/s320/20230618_111220.jpg" width="240" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkV1UuiGQQGJ7aEs2vCjcb7q-gw1uz33toUCEHCvf8ZHlJCKM_NpCmkp1bkSpYS812zWSNrUlOJeLpTpDJWjRrqsxGAkhge8itKS2GZ6CM6jpCEvGdVT4NjyoNDP-kW0EKbPtkusqWBdpTbK88brJH50BC4nuycewNTVUvlkF2zl3oXkDmwEZPtX4zWNs/s3648/20230618_111302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkV1UuiGQQGJ7aEs2vCjcb7q-gw1uz33toUCEHCvf8ZHlJCKM_NpCmkp1bkSpYS812zWSNrUlOJeLpTpDJWjRrqsxGAkhge8itKS2GZ6CM6jpCEvGdVT4NjyoNDP-kW0EKbPtkusqWBdpTbK88brJH50BC4nuycewNTVUvlkF2zl3oXkDmwEZPtX4zWNs/s320/20230618_111302.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Games are definitely one of my favorite things about camping! </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOAjNzmkCSq-d5TP4ExXxiWVS37GJFPt2G-TPlpTn95fYuHOzYbMyAlDwkkj601aZgzTm-btONjGFm8pUWikdM9_FRgM4KcIYmnHhvA73lKWEsgfFudxv1cAmbccuCQjPJBBZ_Wce5YKpglOsX6gzk7hEbjLjhnd5R3n4n5nKUhvsrlxYSM_iwwbbp28/s4000/20230618_111132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOAjNzmkCSq-d5TP4ExXxiWVS37GJFPt2G-TPlpTn95fYuHOzYbMyAlDwkkj601aZgzTm-btONjGFm8pUWikdM9_FRgM4KcIYmnHhvA73lKWEsgfFudxv1cAmbccuCQjPJBBZ_Wce5YKpglOsX6gzk7hEbjLjhnd5R3n4n5nKUhvsrlxYSM_iwwbbp28/s320/20230618_111132.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">We brought the corn hole boards. We also bought a frisbee which unfortunately got lost in the drainage ditch after just a few throws. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LbjMpS35WNSFUpQfxuhlhAJefpiN_qkZbNMfX433EW5uS2o0GKhVVttgvuX_4gLBzQb-zNJz30EALupATl5o-IQG8CK1usOe7oAUcQ3l6TNGTB23uH2-WE8_GcqGXVvbUFMvFlv7pSM96x6gr3EFqI6iAwQ8lcx99E_D3LmBtNhTES_IT1U8hm11Aho/s4000/20230618_111138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LbjMpS35WNSFUpQfxuhlhAJefpiN_qkZbNMfX433EW5uS2o0GKhVVttgvuX_4gLBzQb-zNJz30EALupATl5o-IQG8CK1usOe7oAUcQ3l6TNGTB23uH2-WE8_GcqGXVvbUFMvFlv7pSM96x6gr3EFqI6iAwQ8lcx99E_D3LmBtNhTES_IT1U8hm11Aho/s320/20230618_111138.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">We also brought the water football that Michael bought last year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAUMWtZ_hFGVlAwb7HWKX_i2QPAzEIjolN5gOlVhfHvwy7yObI1fWNg5vIooFHp8XwlCoP6ktTghOOVYTgClDinTnUzwFanFraPN-LBCrpFgDu7qJtBi9r-DnM6xj1MiaJwgQSpbtjg4yjuWQ4nKWezYxBW25RWpuDIsYO-4hkErcVpaqlxpafU5qhtw/s4000/20230618_163402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAUMWtZ_hFGVlAwb7HWKX_i2QPAzEIjolN5gOlVhfHvwy7yObI1fWNg5vIooFHp8XwlCoP6ktTghOOVYTgClDinTnUzwFanFraPN-LBCrpFgDu7qJtBi9r-DnM6xj1MiaJwgQSpbtjg4yjuWQ4nKWezYxBW25RWpuDIsYO-4hkErcVpaqlxpafU5qhtw/s320/20230618_163402.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Zeke of course climbed every tree he could! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc--a2R9ZlW37ZLBcFcCXQ5vioEV4I0YXiX5JnvEoiJvNWqjktGkDl4Luqwa9upteekldZP1TUq_ThnFk83basJ6llBsMxs7IRt6kW-ih4vA-XMYUeKQJCjzZal5q7R138GVu5gymZWvMLqj1wrWvzCajvHKswIOa1vzcEdEBIHl_JnwYWAzGczDpyVaw/s4000/20230618_163634.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc--a2R9ZlW37ZLBcFcCXQ5vioEV4I0YXiX5JnvEoiJvNWqjktGkDl4Luqwa9upteekldZP1TUq_ThnFk83basJ6llBsMxs7IRt6kW-ih4vA-XMYUeKQJCjzZal5q7R138GVu5gymZWvMLqj1wrWvzCajvHKswIOa1vzcEdEBIHl_JnwYWAzGczDpyVaw/s320/20230618_163634.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Fire! Another camping favorite! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMf27KiQbYfKRFc0JI7GWi1pohOCosQmN-Oa67VSSExnf9PzxYsNQqkTOOgWjZljUISk9gLQyWFA-nHz3nbnlhFOMidMY1YEj_apB6vrAVFOb1xi4woTxsusNPOnHMRnWZH6sKPU3mJpx8CGBiOpcCWrP4pZ_NU0cyz-88xJ_t0ZrVCI3iQaf9jHxyko/s4000/20230618_163641.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMf27KiQbYfKRFc0JI7GWi1pohOCosQmN-Oa67VSSExnf9PzxYsNQqkTOOgWjZljUISk9gLQyWFA-nHz3nbnlhFOMidMY1YEj_apB6vrAVFOb1xi4woTxsusNPOnHMRnWZH6sKPU3mJpx8CGBiOpcCWrP4pZ_NU0cyz-88xJ_t0ZrVCI3iQaf9jHxyko/s320/20230618_163641.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">It was nice that there wasn't any sort of burn ban going on in fact Eastern Washington had had so much rain it wasn't a concern at all! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7DdvvafGh5U7VX3B6qq5_xotxfBjBEzzHWXpacTW3sXBNQ7ngVAx18YEbP7X6JzlSnVCprbHI4lk8dZDc0YAaJUF0ZzokJz_qfzyexcJHFuP-PXrhK_-HBiu79Ukr0oZudewlICtBfdT4dZ91QY7u-te3JLrqG_ou7c3-70pPHht0mdPPx06rN6YOLts/s4000/20230618_171429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7DdvvafGh5U7VX3B6qq5_xotxfBjBEzzHWXpacTW3sXBNQ7ngVAx18YEbP7X6JzlSnVCprbHI4lk8dZDc0YAaJUF0ZzokJz_qfzyexcJHFuP-PXrhK_-HBiu79Ukr0oZudewlICtBfdT4dZ91QY7u-te3JLrqG_ou7c3-70pPHht0mdPPx06rN6YOLts/s320/20230618_171429.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">For dinner that Michael BBQ chicken thighs over the fire. They were yummy, but because they were still partially frozen it was hard to gauge if they were actually cooked through or not. We had to cook a few pieces a bit more just to be safe!</span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-53365502625118257722023-06-18T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-20T13:15:44.449-07:00Oasis Camping Trip - Day 1 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">On Saturday, June 17th, the day after we finished up school we were on the road. Every year we go on our first camping trip to Oasis in Ephrata Washington. It's like our first celebration of the summer! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9V4lEUGT9jQhENrlzWNQhZce8Trf-xdXKeScl_W2Yuxn5i7VGtidkO4ZOZ2-iSgWB-KwEnqBKuHmzMQIwNcIomVN-WHTwQ09JzKe0y0i853XaeaE7l9jfk7FEsMKEd-qrCFgAJw7H55IpGf7HwsgKqM5v5SVMNWUhDBxkxnKu9WMRuO09xT52QapSTu4/s4000/20230617_144500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9V4lEUGT9jQhENrlzWNQhZce8Trf-xdXKeScl_W2Yuxn5i7VGtidkO4ZOZ2-iSgWB-KwEnqBKuHmzMQIwNcIomVN-WHTwQ09JzKe0y0i853XaeaE7l9jfk7FEsMKEd-qrCFgAJw7H55IpGf7HwsgKqM5v5SVMNWUhDBxkxnKu9WMRuO09xT52QapSTu4/s320/20230617_144500.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Now that the boys are older they are much better helpers for Michael. We still have to get on their case about asking how they can help or taking initiative to do something. They are getting much better though. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOij1swLDorQ1gW2rJxsdNHnZkCiFXhgbccBuyTxpdFV-s9yj-BsJjyisCmx3hMe4OW-SrG_sh18AukvS5AOCRcqMZOegJrJ3utBx7EP-_QatoGxX1d8tXke5lilk3JrPIbqmkNrmmr837-TO4jp733EvIojmg4g_rWwyoP_7evOnz6j1-z8VFoU_pl0/s4000/20230617_144703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOij1swLDorQ1gW2rJxsdNHnZkCiFXhgbccBuyTxpdFV-s9yj-BsJjyisCmx3hMe4OW-SrG_sh18AukvS5AOCRcqMZOegJrJ3utBx7EP-_QatoGxX1d8tXke5lilk3JrPIbqmkNrmmr837-TO4jp733EvIojmg4g_rWwyoP_7evOnz6j1-z8VFoU_pl0/s320/20230617_144703.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Ella and Zeke just get to hang out and play while the guys set the trailer up. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ_Olz4t4Rp9ATgDBZoeeLMNjprvSGYZZ5YOaYDAGsl4MGmEWlg-FDgRb9YCp00wdylJIyXE4Ntht4Npik_ypYXGda--g4D4BuUL7bHZKrwIszOxsYRAejuPSMmgSXhoSoj7OfFAv5inW1AjihNSoMR7ubVxjJ_CSL_P5CiL6JWziXS-uod6hX_dk9nQ/s4000/20230617_144707.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ_Olz4t4Rp9ATgDBZoeeLMNjprvSGYZZ5YOaYDAGsl4MGmEWlg-FDgRb9YCp00wdylJIyXE4Ntht4Npik_ypYXGda--g4D4BuUL7bHZKrwIszOxsYRAejuPSMmgSXhoSoj7OfFAv5inW1AjihNSoMR7ubVxjJ_CSL_P5CiL6JWziXS-uod6hX_dk9nQ/s320/20230617_144707.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">We always stay in the same spot....site 69. It's our favorite because of it's location to the bathrooms and this pond. It's also the largest spot! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRFirxS53CDs1PorCvzFLv6gemmqaeq5dYG_1Efi9g36vN0hJ7ksWA0YcOHCyxBX7Wtuzi0fXgZnmjhsnjjIG80a_qmFNVd-l3c8XcYDXudSFja434uMhZs5X0Bs_8pMrkfgUsjvb3StgHxvzO1U-SH01eNkCSEt5qWgve0-tpP_Qqs9N80caUzMMn-A/s4000/20230617_144712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRFirxS53CDs1PorCvzFLv6gemmqaeq5dYG_1Efi9g36vN0hJ7ksWA0YcOHCyxBX7Wtuzi0fXgZnmjhsnjjIG80a_qmFNVd-l3c8XcYDXudSFja434uMhZs5X0Bs_8pMrkfgUsjvb3StgHxvzO1U-SH01eNkCSEt5qWgve0-tpP_Qqs9N80caUzMMn-A/s320/20230617_144712.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Everything was so green! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Qa75cLhUuTZJBqqnCwK2hTry9JdKg4DzdJ8BkT9HJqddyFaTaizJ1pOz4d5dsfUHKM2WQZ-Jw-5oMGYeegVUX5a9efnCrwCKYbfSJ6tAr2NQCF3GUyvFvGht1mCel4v6BctQ9iyZOaGHP2Ly2jjB-ZH692jW6J6ofinEY_-ANCz93FRyxDx43R2YDZ8/s4000/20230617_145145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Qa75cLhUuTZJBqqnCwK2hTry9JdKg4DzdJ8BkT9HJqddyFaTaizJ1pOz4d5dsfUHKM2WQZ-Jw-5oMGYeegVUX5a9efnCrwCKYbfSJ6tAr2NQCF3GUyvFvGht1mCel4v6BctQ9iyZOaGHP2Ly2jjB-ZH692jW6J6ofinEY_-ANCz93FRyxDx43R2YDZ8/s320/20230617_145145.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The trailer is popping up! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJQmFLOdn5K9JVVmg1eaRW09Gu4vhX__RVWL8NDRdEfLe0hwqLWxFnTiyw1j7BsmCyuf3zuTsFqCF8TmJ70F0AOYUZmgHFNfWDFh1Fiy22joO9ouLiRUTXYm8YuW8ujiUjwRxBsXYoDrSZJWB7Vu4ouFLFaOpfFvKFQZ8e0yANT9xun78AOmNlCiJsms/s4000/20230617_150321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJQmFLOdn5K9JVVmg1eaRW09Gu4vhX__RVWL8NDRdEfLe0hwqLWxFnTiyw1j7BsmCyuf3zuTsFqCF8TmJ70F0AOYUZmgHFNfWDFh1Fiy22joO9ouLiRUTXYm8YuW8ujiUjwRxBsXYoDrSZJWB7Vu4ouFLFaOpfFvKFQZ8e0yANT9xun78AOmNlCiJsms/s320/20230617_150321.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTSyXpnyvYcV6eeumg_wBARhpfjnILesCCN_D747X8z5xcKtI11hDX4kYh7LHGXWdq67DepY1U2RqxUn-vABWw1-sMY_TGH2En63MmY9j_Mc_xKmkmyVDr018pbQzmv7MXuv_kYYVfsbw-LLWTaebpVjbUDuDVt9ddAeOLeTVB-a42ifX6xiLnYfR4Fo/s4000/20230617_150258.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTSyXpnyvYcV6eeumg_wBARhpfjnILesCCN_D747X8z5xcKtI11hDX4kYh7LHGXWdq67DepY1U2RqxUn-vABWw1-sMY_TGH2En63MmY9j_Mc_xKmkmyVDr018pbQzmv7MXuv_kYYVfsbw-LLWTaebpVjbUDuDVt9ddAeOLeTVB-a42ifX6xiLnYfR4Fo/s320/20230617_150258.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">While the guys were finishing setting up camp, Ella and I headed to Walmart to go shopping for the trip. I usually bring all the nonperishable food from home, but then I wait to buy the perishable stuff for when we get there. I saw these kayaks outside and decided to take a picture of them. Michael and I love to kayak, but we decided against buying one, they are such a pain to store and we just don't really have the room. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HGx3E9XbeHVEtgFmnyTfuJlu_9-hBp3G77Fj3TEnWLNaB6jrUzswmwW41BWPzjxGlwKNzU3BmEpk4AjFkLVjLz6XTN7xjlhUQATj6FeDUtZw3yvKV8BaKvuYyVlLdM3iVS3UQD-Cua6AkgBXUszNVWhzGKVGbxh9l94tkIhvMXFETnLZ9Xtrpq9ajwI/s4000/20230617_163024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HGx3E9XbeHVEtgFmnyTfuJlu_9-hBp3G77Fj3TEnWLNaB6jrUzswmwW41BWPzjxGlwKNzU3BmEpk4AjFkLVjLz6XTN7xjlhUQATj6FeDUtZw3yvKV8BaKvuYyVlLdM3iVS3UQD-Cua6AkgBXUszNVWhzGKVGbxh9l94tkIhvMXFETnLZ9Xtrpq9ajwI/s320/20230617_163024.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Once we got back I was able to get to work. I do all the set up inside and Ella usually helps me. There is so much to be set up and organized. My latest purchase for the trailer was this cool hanging garbage bag holder. You just use grocery store bags. Unfortunately the newer plastic bags don't fit right so I actually had to order a pack of 100 grocery bags from amazon. It's so nice to have a small garbage in the trailer and not be on the floor taking up space. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDmCsUQLZjPM5XTbVQTD90GNELSjWIir0xU-VVZm8kXZshRuTy8yOx4X6Q7cpOs2eJ11ONRD5icSaskRY-HQ5uosPOAlbSVJJra6wxPy_Lr9Qnkc10f5vkOBeWJxdGayAsh2MhND4n3N-g6Jvm4nlrFO6hMScX_3HNxRDK0QLSMCUoYNygswthbGeMcw/s4000/20230617_163033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDmCsUQLZjPM5XTbVQTD90GNELSjWIir0xU-VVZm8kXZshRuTy8yOx4X6Q7cpOs2eJ11ONRD5icSaskRY-HQ5uosPOAlbSVJJra6wxPy_Lr9Qnkc10f5vkOBeWJxdGayAsh2MhND4n3N-g6Jvm4nlrFO6hMScX_3HNxRDK0QLSMCUoYNygswthbGeMcw/s320/20230617_163033.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">I love getting the inside all organized....it makes it so I can fully relax! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToJRzqCfNqiE2bTmRNY2VS1BxU27v3dD_IhCGEMgVE7R4XU58hlnQYrC3_g1_pYLiPAsjg5jyme0jVKsPVSNHitVAfaKgKT2ofFVB5SA8HKSLOUS0J9wPi3m7oTWf5qFc3lvbZ8HiozGfWjITWoNL7toJKcRNvxYs18PUB2DpkQ5f19Hg4MATVje5XV8/s4000/20230617_163114.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToJRzqCfNqiE2bTmRNY2VS1BxU27v3dD_IhCGEMgVE7R4XU58hlnQYrC3_g1_pYLiPAsjg5jyme0jVKsPVSNHitVAfaKgKT2ofFVB5SA8HKSLOUS0J9wPi3m7oTWf5qFc3lvbZ8HiozGfWjITWoNL7toJKcRNvxYs18PUB2DpkQ5f19Hg4MATVje5XV8/s320/20230617_163114.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Almost fully set up....I think the only thing we were missing was the canopy over the table. Home sweet home for 5 nights! This was the longest we've ever camped in one location and it was the perfect amount of time! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The week prior to our camping trip, Michael, Owen & Jack were with a few people from our church down in Oregon for a Rafting Trip. Our church has gone on this rafting trip for years every June. Michael has wanted to go before this, but it's just never worked out. It ended up being so fun and they are planning on making it a </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">priority every year from now on. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IvwdnmvDgvh1NdS0kwnE23QU4ZQBVrAv_Cf-_DwDnwspX9VwQZaJVEGTufHye1oIK3zhZlDbawXLrTjOGXoeRUtCEbmX3bxrPQXybcelt69mxptsw_HdWiLUx4z6k1mhWiRvsNWiGwV8bH6x_ZHlHp6r6wpgNHCifpxPp5whS1hjCfpHnI9jU2A4u4A/s2560/Resized_20230610_074112.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IvwdnmvDgvh1NdS0kwnE23QU4ZQBVrAv_Cf-_DwDnwspX9VwQZaJVEGTufHye1oIK3zhZlDbawXLrTjOGXoeRUtCEbmX3bxrPQXybcelt69mxptsw_HdWiLUx4z6k1mhWiRvsNWiGwV8bH6x_ZHlHp6r6wpgNHCifpxPp5whS1hjCfpHnI9jU2A4u4A/s320/Resized_20230610_074112.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfVbvIwZNDFfY54E4QuqtFcspWXwG9sRvjGwFzmULhzZNR0eAHjG85WSBoA7NUzcqo7qYtEDg4iGD4AG0U_eyTqm-BAWHWT0ut0_fDsl8sppxvADuqZERBapex03elXE3XsLW3Xa7J-oB9YUJjh7CaOLN-vveGELBZrLw3ooHaN6ee8d8PV5_1nXwido/s2560/Resized_20230610_085342.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfVbvIwZNDFfY54E4QuqtFcspWXwG9sRvjGwFzmULhzZNR0eAHjG85WSBoA7NUzcqo7qYtEDg4iGD4AG0U_eyTqm-BAWHWT0ut0_fDsl8sppxvADuqZERBapex03elXE3XsLW3Xa7J-oB9YUJjh7CaOLN-vveGELBZrLw3ooHaN6ee8d8PV5_1nXwido/s320/Resized_20230610_085342.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">One mishap that Michael had was applying sunscreen to his legs while standing up. Then when he sat in the raft his shorts pulled up exposing his legs. He got torched! In fact he was so burnt he couldn't even go out for the last run they were supposed to go on on Sunday morning. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUnKalh7sKlBGVXszXYa97ChGzi71o6FA-qIZnp7XT3CC9ewf6riq49MkWgwYDdJOen6GywfjmTxiJpzQReWoT8LEcEeA0qSP76zMOXtiuCn5Rvvvjep4xr02QC5TyJNP3vWWaQIXn_YwqCy1o-BjG1mHSYrKtgGJVy4NuulYETWEFeOJoKQayu747EY/s2560/Resized_20230610_174807.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUnKalh7sKlBGVXszXYa97ChGzi71o6FA-qIZnp7XT3CC9ewf6riq49MkWgwYDdJOen6GywfjmTxiJpzQReWoT8LEcEeA0qSP76zMOXtiuCn5Rvvvjep4xr02QC5TyJNP3vWWaQIXn_YwqCy1o-BjG1mHSYrKtgGJVy4NuulYETWEFeOJoKQayu747EY/s320/Resized_20230610_174807.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">That whole week after we were putting Aloe Vera gel on his legs multiply times. Days later they still were so red. He most likely had a 2nd degree burn, but he never did go to the doctor. While we were sitting there enjoying the campground he noticed that his skin felt different. Then this happened...if you don't like gross stuff don't look! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">---</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">His skin started to peel! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDpHNVLrYQKfWax_KIEslqh4u0F6nAqgVyirvcCbd0nL6wR_q3QUHOgdRF5j5Qr8tE-os7BgJubGtsWNi7N841CfPXK9bWmqOZO6BHOscFsXJoLOHL02PNZvWIyUBMTgoPxVMl5OIvYJ3Lv2mR_j6W5fJwISomBzskJLdoX6niTTn9qyZ-Yhq66uTQJo/s4000/20230617_171019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDpHNVLrYQKfWax_KIEslqh4u0F6nAqgVyirvcCbd0nL6wR_q3QUHOgdRF5j5Qr8tE-os7BgJubGtsWNi7N841CfPXK9bWmqOZO6BHOscFsXJoLOHL02PNZvWIyUBMTgoPxVMl5OIvYJ3Lv2mR_j6W5fJwISomBzskJLdoX6niTTn9qyZ-Yhq66uTQJo/s320/20230617_171019.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">In like full sheets! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnhu89QsQtLDZtY8vJYIqPvpNoLumgxQt1NaQq8Bf3SRkRAQS-m1UP38xr8JL3rMc60oWMZ3EHKK56rfr56Oruv20hzEjzhb9eRgMscjQSyfn-3Jj5N-IYU03Or__yUHXc0OmQzzV8drlQPmmrnpSrqA--pBYNnfnRppTTnqxhVep19DOTMJBOdYZtV0/s4000/20230617_170927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnhu89QsQtLDZtY8vJYIqPvpNoLumgxQt1NaQq8Bf3SRkRAQS-m1UP38xr8JL3rMc60oWMZ3EHKK56rfr56Oruv20hzEjzhb9eRgMscjQSyfn-3Jj5N-IYU03Or__yUHXc0OmQzzV8drlQPmmrnpSrqA--pBYNnfnRppTTnqxhVep19DOTMJBOdYZtV0/s320/20230617_170927.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">I had never seen a sheet of skin come off someone before. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapqT6o3CDEbVIR8RwPaNCfUIaK_ZsNL9CXk1J5wnFYbo6VuO5c0-iiBbJ2MEynP3s_lIHGEetIy3RyUodAoE0yuWUpTCasRgkBdWe7qaBUSN_GvFYTi5JyK6xXM8sfUxQEpceOMB2u7GkIzptCkXWcGpIB6UCQUrpyDJjLWca26t_Si8XEeBXBIAt58w/s4000/20230617_171204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapqT6o3CDEbVIR8RwPaNCfUIaK_ZsNL9CXk1J5wnFYbo6VuO5c0-iiBbJ2MEynP3s_lIHGEetIy3RyUodAoE0yuWUpTCasRgkBdWe7qaBUSN_GvFYTi5JyK6xXM8sfUxQEpceOMB2u7GkIzptCkXWcGpIB6UCQUrpyDJjLWca26t_Si8XEeBXBIAt58w/s320/20230617_171204.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">He did one leg and them moved to the other. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwP4fUiIZ9UCewPYIF-g95FXnk2RKlc0mvWe7uLYDj8Q2psBMQ2tZ8eeDLMW70qF7uyu1ApMVFlOQJa6fl2SqtueoIkCHgrmohKsps2tglS_0qtSspOCP6QMt_iGC4cTQrMAF84JrMZXsrUzPVio77--p1ThXCQqzMQNfUp41fsYm0sj74ihR_jLZpXc/s4000/20230617_171209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwP4fUiIZ9UCewPYIF-g95FXnk2RKlc0mvWe7uLYDj8Q2psBMQ2tZ8eeDLMW70qF7uyu1ApMVFlOQJa6fl2SqtueoIkCHgrmohKsps2tglS_0qtSspOCP6QMt_iGC4cTQrMAF84JrMZXsrUzPVio77--p1ThXCQqzMQNfUp41fsYm0sj74ihR_jLZpXc/s320/20230617_171209.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">It was so weird seeing the skin have little dots in it from where hair came through. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlXqaKJbFsSVa9Fdi5GlGdluSAD_vda54tL_eZL5Tzmn5O622DgmefruZNWkyIns5OsvFCOioi_E84GyjaZisjSAZOarodCVwDxUDyN6T7re9rfC2wKXYJtxdy7r79N-8YaIpDB_Z5Jtsk_GLRebx408QyLmjRQVXAWNJ6RKztLeW57lgz-Oo5hb53bg/s4000/20230617_171214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlXqaKJbFsSVa9Fdi5GlGdluSAD_vda54tL_eZL5Tzmn5O622DgmefruZNWkyIns5OsvFCOioi_E84GyjaZisjSAZOarodCVwDxUDyN6T7re9rfC2wKXYJtxdy7r79N-8YaIpDB_Z5Jtsk_GLRebx408QyLmjRQVXAWNJ6RKztLeW57lgz-Oo5hb53bg/s320/20230617_171214.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Even though the underneath was red the dead skin had stayed on long enough to give that layer underneath time to heal a bit. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sYIiHjVKi9WAXpud3rnFNJ6cekIbXyxBzHlhRJQpgiOAYKrMiO25momNUmQ1ah2OZuiCTrFZV62kHnCUloW-Sd4WD4XqenMFWS2oHQcnIqqYUg8svNPvjvof4Ryi3CPd3MEmEtlxNZ8D_dEP-1Q0wJKuQmXb16GSOU8Q0Hd0OF_PNIZ3-Slo6kfLS5g/s4000/20230617_171222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sYIiHjVKi9WAXpud3rnFNJ6cekIbXyxBzHlhRJQpgiOAYKrMiO25momNUmQ1ah2OZuiCTrFZV62kHnCUloW-Sd4WD4XqenMFWS2oHQcnIqqYUg8svNPvjvof4Ryi3CPd3MEmEtlxNZ8D_dEP-1Q0wJKuQmXb16GSOU8Q0Hd0OF_PNIZ3-Slo6kfLS5g/s320/20230617_171222.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Michael said it didn't hurt to pull it off at all. In fact once all that dead skin was off it felt so much better. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKwLeatEj6BytayZCk07nysYSC1Y0JuePjQdr5HPCbXCiQqQRVDAnqpGiw-t8Snv9Uh2aGlSuD889Yf6SZjEVRDWxnc2BH9d122muZDVIRcntM5H9KVC8x7Z3x4T7PJsziYkThU9stbrhx0NiKKsarKgeO05PYtZ0AwNGjM3xK14iKeV8mkbCPnr6Byk/s4000/20230617_171426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKwLeatEj6BytayZCk07nysYSC1Y0JuePjQdr5HPCbXCiQqQRVDAnqpGiw-t8Snv9Uh2aGlSuD889Yf6SZjEVRDWxnc2BH9d122muZDVIRcntM5H9KVC8x7Z3x4T7PJsziYkThU9stbrhx0NiKKsarKgeO05PYtZ0AwNGjM3xK14iKeV8mkbCPnr6Byk/s320/20230617_171426.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Bet you never saw a ball of skin before...let alone two balls of skin! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEileIu46k2LzMsBEijtJt_ylGbkGcycDHFzso9WfCHGsWwfoN-B0m4ymoY0F4m3Gr4MYCPVkz8-EN-klN1n0fc30FHSSgP9kbYL8Jknetvh5Xt-KlvwUx_L0iKeixTFt9bUa-o1tMFP_gCeSaj7Ni5RPq1HlrdULgy2QJ8AlWOJ_Jh-3mYzPWRbte7goeQ/s4000/20230617_173308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEileIu46k2LzMsBEijtJt_ylGbkGcycDHFzso9WfCHGsWwfoN-B0m4ymoY0F4m3Gr4MYCPVkz8-EN-klN1n0fc30FHSSgP9kbYL8Jknetvh5Xt-KlvwUx_L0iKeixTFt9bUa-o1tMFP_gCeSaj7Ni5RPq1HlrdULgy2QJ8AlWOJ_Jh-3mYzPWRbte7goeQ/s320/20230617_173308.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">After all the excitement with skin, we headed out to dinner at DK's. It's a tradition for our family to eat dinner there on our first night since we're tired from the drive and setting everything up. Plus I like to support a local establishment. Even though dinner and dessert comes to over $100! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJiYeABnkIJlU7myHUYpKyRaaN3TNq7WM0L5MMGeUncfZvr4mKOsZwGYznqTtX57UUj4VdvrxXE3QB3ViwFvzC2FAPpY_GGWlgmJgQawgwjBPF4eUwDpHytSFwbKDFf78TFtdlvNuKaXMEnc_F3bTM8TW90ztGwH_4VPWQvAmYmSYrRJBjGNjuI48yGc/s3648/20230617_173332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJiYeABnkIJlU7myHUYpKyRaaN3TNq7WM0L5MMGeUncfZvr4mKOsZwGYznqTtX57UUj4VdvrxXE3QB3ViwFvzC2FAPpY_GGWlgmJgQawgwjBPF4eUwDpHytSFwbKDFf78TFtdlvNuKaXMEnc_F3bTM8TW90ztGwH_4VPWQvAmYmSYrRJBjGNjuI48yGc/s320/20230617_173332.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The food is yummy and these kids are worth it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRRj6IXMHJcDTKMa262jrGZQpWNp9tvemQvGnX9E39Y6oDLcw56s7uKUxjPynW-5jOG8twHobNZVBSEeRWB0v8DwihjpF202e8D4TwKAthjJm5Ta8Ms_3lxhLfRuh012itcOiBZzwvftQG01PzGgM2sYKGihcoJ9CasVMr6TSa_SQeGLXkWg-Qf4QP2c/s4000/20230617_183005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRRj6IXMHJcDTKMa262jrGZQpWNp9tvemQvGnX9E39Y6oDLcw56s7uKUxjPynW-5jOG8twHobNZVBSEeRWB0v8DwihjpF202e8D4TwKAthjJm5Ta8Ms_3lxhLfRuh012itcOiBZzwvftQG01PzGgM2sYKGihcoJ9CasVMr6TSa_SQeGLXkWg-Qf4QP2c/s320/20230617_183005.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">When we got back we noticed there was a Mama duck and her ducklings in the pond! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UP4GtedXIKufLQ-6T9e0JdeqMOlPLhCxCLcLl8GWIX38-4o9Nnu3AkKaIGj3yM4macLh0i5nmW9B6epMLhoNnY55sbGztgpKZean2bmYnkqCnjLixlC1IPUzWaR01UNZCymezjn4QZMw9urPQ4fzchjAltwdf1PHw8tRzrHLUcXhBGZMVscdlZbKHyI/s4000/20230617_183019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UP4GtedXIKufLQ-6T9e0JdeqMOlPLhCxCLcLl8GWIX38-4o9Nnu3AkKaIGj3yM4macLh0i5nmW9B6epMLhoNnY55sbGztgpKZean2bmYnkqCnjLixlC1IPUzWaR01UNZCymezjn4QZMw9urPQ4fzchjAltwdf1PHw8tRzrHLUcXhBGZMVscdlZbKHyI/s320/20230617_183019.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">They were so cute just floating around. The ducklings would dive down and eat stuff under the water. They were also cleaning themselves. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Pi0lq_YOA8JG_cV5OdbnIo0kGiEoVrfvOG1ifAjvgSj7qaE6Kh3d15Phnzxn_FuZI0ozF_nThK4xMQ7ZrtsH1E-s3XbCygc5PdMsOpMdWDLcrYQig6H_PRvEsaCSonPy0BrKlgDs8iz9hCIcK-eU9-HqQjYl06XdGCxUY1uddjVpUlBbTJPNOwhcE-U/s4000/20230617_183037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Pi0lq_YOA8JG_cV5OdbnIo0kGiEoVrfvOG1ifAjvgSj7qaE6Kh3d15Phnzxn_FuZI0ozF_nThK4xMQ7ZrtsH1E-s3XbCygc5PdMsOpMdWDLcrYQig6H_PRvEsaCSonPy0BrKlgDs8iz9hCIcK-eU9-HqQjYl06XdGCxUY1uddjVpUlBbTJPNOwhcE-U/s320/20230617_183037.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">They always made sure to stay close to Mama and not go too far away. There were 8 ducklings! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5hkf5zXJoSHYv4XUcbz1ZaVJnKHbBZignDWo-HJrwPVfc6kw6nYXjFNqy7wFFBWyWrKxH3hhdDTxeOU19fgQZftW7NPge9YxY-fFXydLP_-l75-OtG7AWnaoExaMj4xnsCkgx-8dODk7MnIS0Dkn1aAUv5arx-KJhziHVZUaDu9BIHC5uFw39CF6oYQ/s4000/20230617_183105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5hkf5zXJoSHYv4XUcbz1ZaVJnKHbBZignDWo-HJrwPVfc6kw6nYXjFNqy7wFFBWyWrKxH3hhdDTxeOU19fgQZftW7NPge9YxY-fFXydLP_-l75-OtG7AWnaoExaMj4xnsCkgx-8dODk7MnIS0Dkn1aAUv5arx-KJhziHVZUaDu9BIHC5uFw39CF6oYQ/w300-h400/20230617_183105.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">It was so funny sometimes they would come up out of the water flapping their wings. I think it was a way for them to clean themselves. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ozRI_RXDZzyDlnDxkDc1uIkTgqIkP7dgCOanam1eY0gtDxjiYjgjcujIuEqKr-PPyG8-A-FfCwQ60htCCVowgm4ncts8p31yNNrWblK4g4CEh75ZGZTHKpIvwwQAVr6FXlnt3YLdyNCOS4I7U7XGwDX46KG5WiZlhYTJUd1a6tCCaECnzmBvjfr0aQI/s2560/Resized_20230617_183203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ozRI_RXDZzyDlnDxkDc1uIkTgqIkP7dgCOanam1eY0gtDxjiYjgjcujIuEqKr-PPyG8-A-FfCwQ60htCCVowgm4ncts8p31yNNrWblK4g4CEh75ZGZTHKpIvwwQAVr6FXlnt3YLdyNCOS4I7U7XGwDX46KG5WiZlhYTJUd1a6tCCaECnzmBvjfr0aQI/s320/Resized_20230617_183203.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">I had the kids all kneel down by the water, but I wouldn't let them feed them. I just wanted to get a picture of them like this so Pa could show it to Brenda at church. When the kids were littler while we were walking into church sometimes the kids would be following behind us in a row like little ducklings so Brenda would call them my little ducklings. Pa did show her the picture on Sunday and she got a kick out of it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcm3peUYUjyF8d1ClFl9B5VUhW7Ix051Qrhwq9hNunMvE7xi4OEMB7mqnDkCkSZPh5mFVL-qYSmcd2SnApxLsGaSPMJI393GNpnI7YoxROFZHy4pQdfflGM8J-sGph5HT5omHc93WAAISreOGP9WifhvlNDT7rMGsJUdUWOeCxlwJAlC8nOsMIw9sStY/s4000/20230617_184139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcm3peUYUjyF8d1ClFl9B5VUhW7Ix051Qrhwq9hNunMvE7xi4OEMB7mqnDkCkSZPh5mFVL-qYSmcd2SnApxLsGaSPMJI393GNpnI7YoxROFZHy4pQdfflGM8J-sGph5HT5omHc93WAAISreOGP9WifhvlNDT7rMGsJUdUWOeCxlwJAlC8nOsMIw9sStY/s320/20230617_184139.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">It's funny how each time we've stay at Oasis there has been a different animal species that is prominent. The first time we stayed here with the kids in 2020 there were frogs everywhere. Ella and Zeke had such fun catching them in cups and observing them. Of course they put them back. The next two times we stayed in 2021 & 2022 it was squirrels. The tree that's in our campsite was like a squirrel highway. We did feed them, but we left them nuts in the tree so I didn't feel so bad. Then this time around no frogs or squirrels, but the ducks were around almost the whole trip. It's so fun to observe nature! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3xymYPTDttd2wZ7u_enemOR1ud-baN7fuWA3xQvVfPxb1VI_NSsjQXDzaC75j1L5j5ini7-akTGM6TGXpO1UqThBEFEEPVWZOngDFOwNVtmPL-YF855fbd_sWsL-97XZJV6wZn-w47Zg_9n1pcTD2mZv_qkz07RC4WTutFlS7RC3AWTxl9Ad4AjR6ns/s3648/20230617_184318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3xymYPTDttd2wZ7u_enemOR1ud-baN7fuWA3xQvVfPxb1VI_NSsjQXDzaC75j1L5j5ini7-akTGM6TGXpO1UqThBEFEEPVWZOngDFOwNVtmPL-YF855fbd_sWsL-97XZJV6wZn-w47Zg_9n1pcTD2mZv_qkz07RC4WTutFlS7RC3AWTxl9Ad4AjR6ns/s320/20230617_184318.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulEx6EsD-nd21wz8KbFhN26GhM6y9w9v6x7Zy-UQUJnBwuhpB-pfZzrSFiBzM7pbtL8FXw24Dw8qmXjqnVB4pkfFjMhVgaTKBlMrxainK0bsBU_kyr-hhmi9iGkrOOxi7gzT0Q6bZClecG2VVPj7ucqsc_VqK4Zr2Ayhx9WyKoX-RCw7RMJjBNuJYSRg/s4000/20230617_184255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulEx6EsD-nd21wz8KbFhN26GhM6y9w9v6x7Zy-UQUJnBwuhpB-pfZzrSFiBzM7pbtL8FXw24Dw8qmXjqnVB4pkfFjMhVgaTKBlMrxainK0bsBU_kyr-hhmi9iGkrOOxi7gzT0Q6bZClecG2VVPj7ucqsc_VqK4Zr2Ayhx9WyKoX-RCw7RMJjBNuJYSRg/s320/20230617_184255.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The best part about camping...just hanging out with family and spending good quality time with each other!</span></div></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-30808778126504445202023-06-17T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-20T12:31:37.097-07:00Last Day Of School 2023!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My goal every year is to finish school before Jack's birthday on June 5th, but this year we ended up needing to extend the school year a bit more. Our official last day of school was June 16th. The nice thing is even though we ended later most of the kids weren't doing all their work they were just focusing on a couple subjects so that was nice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course we had to do last day of school pictures. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfOlYBs-5nmU4HrjkYxVc6-ZGZuf1PVMQFEnRTk60H-unUGTycxH6x54Jrw7oF3L3Qo2NyAKhBKQQ2rFswOu6EiiVBiERs5GN3EKe6U71ZsbYNEyBBtUJS7s8QKbos5viyeTnSWljdTuKhZKQ8pcOOrkjw18rp59lpnX7jPuoYfju8v68UJdF0_LcyPk/s4000/20230616_080734.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfOlYBs-5nmU4HrjkYxVc6-ZGZuf1PVMQFEnRTk60H-unUGTycxH6x54Jrw7oF3L3Qo2NyAKhBKQQ2rFswOu6EiiVBiERs5GN3EKe6U71ZsbYNEyBBtUJS7s8QKbos5viyeTnSWljdTuKhZKQ8pcOOrkjw18rp59lpnX7jPuoYfju8v68UJdF0_LcyPk/s320/20230616_080734.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhsGE5DLC4DvC9gX2au_rzwJJzOSyOcxSvUERKHWnHkrBMPOlaqWLFTejAOF1GFSqiYMo3lqKGZn1_1SsmCFiziVX_JVYq4HDdPPiHitWtyrLj0fUcRIhv0aHxN2iOW_a5Rqv6h5h_KtrQ1vCdXk4tMgauYYcsndI7GNX0bANAMUC1ilzrr6t4rxjGXs/s4000/20230616_080743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhsGE5DLC4DvC9gX2au_rzwJJzOSyOcxSvUERKHWnHkrBMPOlaqWLFTejAOF1GFSqiYMo3lqKGZn1_1SsmCFiziVX_JVYq4HDdPPiHitWtyrLj0fUcRIhv0aHxN2iOW_a5Rqv6h5h_KtrQ1vCdXk4tMgauYYcsndI7GNX0bANAMUC1ilzrr6t4rxjGXs/s320/20230616_080743.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My handsome Zeke is finished with Elementary School and heading into 6th grade this fall! </span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOR_CE8yxeguJbijRBE22DD3wNIV7yzs_gDBjHZxi75EYOPwye6VksFYYHplnP8O-kJyqpRHp9uMWgaSMjgCrKxTcUcUH5iyidJnNH0QoCuklkLY-Ijmh2vyUp5nSQ1GjCNyKQYnL3sHiTN5hcS1zDLX3YYFqQH4WTS2r_pbREkfaTke_X5GDcMxSgcA/s4000/20230616_080759.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOR_CE8yxeguJbijRBE22DD3wNIV7yzs_gDBjHZxi75EYOPwye6VksFYYHplnP8O-kJyqpRHp9uMWgaSMjgCrKxTcUcUH5iyidJnNH0QoCuklkLY-Ijmh2vyUp5nSQ1GjCNyKQYnL3sHiTN5hcS1zDLX3YYFqQH4WTS2r_pbREkfaTke_X5GDcMxSgcA/s320/20230616_080759.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQibOnWgl1-L-OYM2aGp1lAIaA4DMKCqfR5t-_hE_7dyYCgf4Z7SDwgP95ANxAzjpgibCI6QyPReuep8aXD_5dma02jEoGtZFHiosfrr76_d3fq0JNzBvvrpz-0E6pQbw2s7UsMolveJDWxfogjROIdzuR3N3aQAmWZz2UpsOzR9zmtfLfWzMpJbOQzY/s4000/20230616_080803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQibOnWgl1-L-OYM2aGp1lAIaA4DMKCqfR5t-_hE_7dyYCgf4Z7SDwgP95ANxAzjpgibCI6QyPReuep8aXD_5dma02jEoGtZFHiosfrr76_d3fq0JNzBvvrpz-0E6pQbw2s7UsMolveJDWxfogjROIdzuR3N3aQAmWZz2UpsOzR9zmtfLfWzMpJbOQzY/s320/20230616_080803.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our beautiful, sassy Ella is moving on to 7th grade!! </span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31-u3HGKhnVBYB-P3OGkYN-i9j2uxohTOuwoSJdMbueYBsGNeDyAKmHVYfNF9QNy2OTCopPb7diqAUnWViTJsudQ6XVP-5kOz358tCY4YAjbKOAZVhbpv8rKOnuFGyHhlNo3VMxyNMBL2B0hcc5FKSnN4dScMoR0VnOm_U9bfNmGDlOwXcty_Eqphf7w/s4000/20230616_080828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31-u3HGKhnVBYB-P3OGkYN-i9j2uxohTOuwoSJdMbueYBsGNeDyAKmHVYfNF9QNy2OTCopPb7diqAUnWViTJsudQ6XVP-5kOz358tCY4YAjbKOAZVhbpv8rKOnuFGyHhlNo3VMxyNMBL2B0hcc5FKSnN4dScMoR0VnOm_U9bfNmGDlOwXcty_Eqphf7w/s320/20230616_080828.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVp7PljYzVmRlRWPRS1PoiMN-3pD-7ygr8Swz8gso7y-YCp6cDgdFoBkVoWLe2fQv8gxx4akoH3C2CWxvD81HZw9gE2Q6j5W7HSVCNS3KJ5sBZGpKLFdKPeh0Zo3zrh8gJotAVp4rqSRgNA7I596KzEGYn_wPSblNvPbRHAx6EOqUKSwKR2gqtVIoJrE/s4000/20230616_080833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVp7PljYzVmRlRWPRS1PoiMN-3pD-7ygr8Swz8gso7y-YCp6cDgdFoBkVoWLe2fQv8gxx4akoH3C2CWxvD81HZw9gE2Q6j5W7HSVCNS3KJ5sBZGpKLFdKPeh0Zo3zrh8gJotAVp4rqSRgNA7I596KzEGYn_wPSblNvPbRHAx6EOqUKSwKR2gqtVIoJrE/s320/20230616_080833.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jackson Daniel completed his first year of high school! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8D9MMA41QKGbexgAsUSMOUEdPeQ2TIehtg4WgVW2lgd0nJJj8lDSXolCf6D66Ukz97_bndrwoQVbJZiyUKvKgn08DuXT-Kil6D1sk7o8eBFVEYNg4yzLzY449b3fRMndMKyPNtRK8dBJdxzhgP8kRDn1myFO7d5jt4vgPmvdpZOMkCpbsB1fzImTmt0w/s4000/20230616_080847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8D9MMA41QKGbexgAsUSMOUEdPeQ2TIehtg4WgVW2lgd0nJJj8lDSXolCf6D66Ukz97_bndrwoQVbJZiyUKvKgn08DuXT-Kil6D1sk7o8eBFVEYNg4yzLzY449b3fRMndMKyPNtRK8dBJdxzhgP8kRDn1myFO7d5jt4vgPmvdpZOMkCpbsB1fzImTmt0w/s320/20230616_080847.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeH4wPIoPX4zV97UmLwW3X77LP-HaHvrLxhfztxfw9h6m5nFiuHdSUkFlTNE9yP-Eq_M8Zt6_mevyCYvCiHmiiQwKTuZMPv-05AfYFrVxRc_c5HZBepbP_vRLa9SJJiZQL9L49efWPL7O_-vHx7HZ7vTspl0gHo8acazqYwZ6e3wXD9tgyMd16zfR0hM/s4000/20230616_080904.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeH4wPIoPX4zV97UmLwW3X77LP-HaHvrLxhfztxfw9h6m5nFiuHdSUkFlTNE9yP-Eq_M8Zt6_mevyCYvCiHmiiQwKTuZMPv-05AfYFrVxRc_c5HZBepbP_vRLa9SJJiZQL9L49efWPL7O_-vHx7HZ7vTspl0gHo8acazqYwZ6e3wXD9tgyMd16zfR0hM/s320/20230616_080904.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen finished up his sophomore year of high school! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEXyTS07OfYB35NH3mRQ6IMogZmhw4XDWQNDR_Mhh1ENRcPdRTtckTqIEqsxZOJqsL14nJ3WQStku6_60xH5r9bdFTxF8DdVEGEJSa9Yz1NmICpNRZqi4spBq_WkIFjnPLPVGOHFptAweFWprEPzixVVsJX9frUo76Uc2l_NTSoaF_s555JRoxe1DU7Q/s4000/20230616_080927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEXyTS07OfYB35NH3mRQ6IMogZmhw4XDWQNDR_Mhh1ENRcPdRTtckTqIEqsxZOJqsL14nJ3WQStku6_60xH5r9bdFTxF8DdVEGEJSa9Yz1NmICpNRZqi4spBq_WkIFjnPLPVGOHFptAweFWprEPzixVVsJX9frUo76Uc2l_NTSoaF_s555JRoxe1DU7Q/s320/20230616_080927.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-d8dfqEQpeM6eK1vsAyyRPJWsqfAy3l5qTjQTfpVXlNSODhOLXNoNwQpB0aCtMQGIC4A8_HdiiMqPv5lspED6wrGegIUF9AtEUzNZelrA9Iiw9BcOQ2orb8c1t06QpXnwJEeC3GxJINmAp6GhUI1NxMHrTKAk9ziMbmdFcqiVJXyNxySx3Nj1R7FHNWk/s4000/20230616_080940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-d8dfqEQpeM6eK1vsAyyRPJWsqfAy3l5qTjQTfpVXlNSODhOLXNoNwQpB0aCtMQGIC4A8_HdiiMqPv5lspED6wrGegIUF9AtEUzNZelrA9Iiw9BcOQ2orb8c1t06QpXnwJEeC3GxJINmAp6GhUI1NxMHrTKAk9ziMbmdFcqiVJXyNxySx3Nj1R7FHNWk/s320/20230616_080940.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even though we don't really need buddies anymore like we did when they were younger we still like to do pictures with buddies together! </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjpYUKMSl3S30YcEhxS0_l13zPWxdlaDDRWmNY7qTOoTKLK-zacM576n14JwZ4vavTi4qGdc6TuP-J5uRg1qEl5mFw_NY57sDkJ8ekvn0CHy0pj9joxiftMBn8Kv7Ss1Ox8GnJ_tT4GUmYHwNFqsmJvCwQzGrXYY5FMuQFSF-CG2j66Sh8d7KIYhhnPI/s3648/20230616_081002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjpYUKMSl3S30YcEhxS0_l13zPWxdlaDDRWmNY7qTOoTKLK-zacM576n14JwZ4vavTi4qGdc6TuP-J5uRg1qEl5mFw_NY57sDkJ8ekvn0CHy0pj9joxiftMBn8Kv7Ss1Ox8GnJ_tT4GUmYHwNFqsmJvCwQzGrXYY5FMuQFSF-CG2j66Sh8d7KIYhhnPI/s320/20230616_081002.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love homeschooling these kids and I wouldn't trade it for anything, but we were all ready for summer break! :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJw99RcUQ8bYDth_spdrvhXzm42nGBZJhJblSWAWE0AHb0nmysX7gG0xTbZX-8YNbllkxgjj3denIbiVh7L3yM-V4UxdCeKCWY5rSG9kJo7S6tfPjRW-BxmYWqEE9UJwOjaCHB687eepYxDen2epl32Yk1np2Wq4N_SEIRKsTX2K4d7MD5pYHq9HLx5VI/s4000/20230616_081110.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJw99RcUQ8bYDth_spdrvhXzm42nGBZJhJblSWAWE0AHb0nmysX7gG0xTbZX-8YNbllkxgjj3denIbiVh7L3yM-V4UxdCeKCWY5rSG9kJo7S6tfPjRW-BxmYWqEE9UJwOjaCHB687eepYxDen2epl32Yk1np2Wq4N_SEIRKsTX2K4d7MD5pYHq9HLx5VI/s320/20230616_081110.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course our school mascot had to have this picture with the kids too! </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-4364799631111314242023-06-16T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-20T12:18:50.915-07:00Donating Hair! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I have been growing out my hair for a few years now. I didn't intentionally decided to grow it out. I liked having short hair, but then I just didn't make a hair appt and then by the time I thought about making one I felt like my hair was past the awkward phase of being not short and not long so I thought why not just keep letting it grow. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I had always said that once I started to wear it up all the time that meant it was time to cut it off. I really got irritated with it back in 2021 and was going to cut it off, but then I mentioned it to Richie at church and he told me, "No, that's your crowning glory!". So I decided to keep it long for Richie. :) Richie passed away towards the end of 2021 and I just felt like keeping it long still in honor of him.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Around the beginning of 2023, I started to feel that desire to cut it again. Then we found out that 3 people we know had cancer...one had a brain tumor, one had thyroid cancer and the other that breast cancer. Cancer sucks BTW!!! PTL they are all on the road to recovery as I type this. God is so good! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I have always thought it would be fun to donate to Locks of Love and so I started looking into donating my hair. After talking with another friend I decided to donate to Wigs for Kids instead. My main reason in changing organizations was I like how Wigs for Kids doesn't make anyone pay for their wig. That was a huge factor for me. I mentioned it Ella a couple of times and told her I was going to donate my hair and that she could as well if she wanted. At first she said no, but then a while later she changed her mind and decided that she would do it too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I called up my old hair stylist and made an appt for Ella and I come in on June 15th. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4AfXi1NrOTfp8Fkf6uogWEsq03SzIffFclDyHCV-EYndpVJtNOnMK4BJ9i2aRQXcbEm-kRKV6J4TMw-aQq0-FJ_WonHAl8nlodTR_B1u5R8B1jASeQUA-G0HTAvS0GPuQbeD-kXyHsDJiGo_2BRG_OrvjGPdiPlt5dFXg4LqubeOKN2wZVgHnfdOGWc/s4000/20230615_153736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4AfXi1NrOTfp8Fkf6uogWEsq03SzIffFclDyHCV-EYndpVJtNOnMK4BJ9i2aRQXcbEm-kRKV6J4TMw-aQq0-FJ_WonHAl8nlodTR_B1u5R8B1jASeQUA-G0HTAvS0GPuQbeD-kXyHsDJiGo_2BRG_OrvjGPdiPlt5dFXg4LqubeOKN2wZVgHnfdOGWc/s320/20230615_153736.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">My hair had not been this long since I was kid. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4ud6vDoVQ1JI4z9uj3-zhcJuZh52Wjf5bN7dHhEurekT_1K17Nfb70B_YoW5HUdWuqPv-TNa_vOEcWSwNFfWFaw8UKdQJQRPNkVQ70CoeKdY72ydb3q6ug-QSpqWAVothzQ-_iXjinrKDtO11Aw5eDTvi-zFd5uupEaImV9_PUVPusuzNJsRAQW6KXk/s4000/20230615_153954.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4ud6vDoVQ1JI4z9uj3-zhcJuZh52Wjf5bN7dHhEurekT_1K17Nfb70B_YoW5HUdWuqPv-TNa_vOEcWSwNFfWFaw8UKdQJQRPNkVQ70CoeKdY72ydb3q6ug-QSpqWAVothzQ-_iXjinrKDtO11Aw5eDTvi-zFd5uupEaImV9_PUVPusuzNJsRAQW6KXk/s320/20230615_153954.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">We decided on how much I wanted cut off and what type of hair style I wanted. Then we put my hair in a ponytail just below where she was going to cut. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghx2bx5x2Xk-OdENlP9WKOoeKv4g9CjC8x2byBE18-pGoQlvvdtsNYURnsew89dQFqul-YBDRsbSlMw_Yh3xrUhENc84D_014yey2Lls3wroZU3zXSU60Ayy31vJS72PIzaVt1IheqT76xE_WkhyDFVn6-hLPCErgoVxm8qAgdZ15IO5GUF-7YT_XxqwQ/s3648/20230615_154513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghx2bx5x2Xk-OdENlP9WKOoeKv4g9CjC8x2byBE18-pGoQlvvdtsNYURnsew89dQFqul-YBDRsbSlMw_Yh3xrUhENc84D_014yey2Lls3wroZU3zXSU60Ayy31vJS72PIzaVt1IheqT76xE_WkhyDFVn6-hLPCErgoVxm8qAgdZ15IO5GUF-7YT_XxqwQ/s320/20230615_154513.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">After the initial cut. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">After this she washed and then cut my hair into the style I wanted. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9OQJM_pHzj-dpPw5WWlrBD8diqjDfX_RE1YOScFltae-PI0WD2lcJvoCKhYehgcyYriv3DPKTYnga18b5C7CVBo6etolJ2rBcCJ5MzgLhRVli_-nPWmcE_T531LzERvv4Yb_TtKXQhh7gOkOLhSIADoJRPx6kixIvz5-gwt8lHw7XQTEazGmAekFw3s/s4000/20230615_162510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9OQJM_pHzj-dpPw5WWlrBD8diqjDfX_RE1YOScFltae-PI0WD2lcJvoCKhYehgcyYriv3DPKTYnga18b5C7CVBo6etolJ2rBcCJ5MzgLhRVli_-nPWmcE_T531LzERvv4Yb_TtKXQhh7gOkOLhSIADoJRPx6kixIvz5-gwt8lHw7XQTEazGmAekFw3s/s320/20230615_162510.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I got 14 inches cut off! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqB2XVT5XJc8rO-3-2AXTvf_37g1beFJM1GIPZEjk00jfCWgRvw8-kbzPOMlrT8QlujdoPk1hV2p5VFCSU_yqcwxB6-Ui5mPCMx-04tZJB7Vbd6Y1kCZCGp2Ohxg5RmQH6AX0SZ55tRKM1PDpyQK174kfshL8R3JeE4FkrCOmgMjgJOA7nPLf0Jy7TxQ/s2944/20230615_162700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqB2XVT5XJc8rO-3-2AXTvf_37g1beFJM1GIPZEjk00jfCWgRvw8-kbzPOMlrT8QlujdoPk1hV2p5VFCSU_yqcwxB6-Ui5mPCMx-04tZJB7Vbd6Y1kCZCGp2Ohxg5RmQH6AX0SZ55tRKM1PDpyQK174kfshL8R3JeE4FkrCOmgMjgJOA7nPLf0Jy7TxQ/s320/20230615_162700.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I got an inverted bob and it was exactly what I wanted! So cute and perfect for summer! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutRW_Wv47BsFB22ycCWCeQfQ5dLyCpXC2yOZpZABikzpLczKaP_rOSHO2TwlcdWuyVq0PQ0lCIiZM2rHYvCCNvBmwBQsJPY9OyA1b_BruIxmzE3jHFjeniMURDhy-gLuuuu8VSlfHxOINGRqWadDT-ZsN_2O9qreQ3SdqxJYVdfSyNSyXqzraVoFu4AQ/s4000/20230615_154312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutRW_Wv47BsFB22ycCWCeQfQ5dLyCpXC2yOZpZABikzpLczKaP_rOSHO2TwlcdWuyVq0PQ0lCIiZM2rHYvCCNvBmwBQsJPY9OyA1b_BruIxmzE3jHFjeniMURDhy-gLuuuu8VSlfHxOINGRqWadDT-ZsN_2O9qreQ3SdqxJYVdfSyNSyXqzraVoFu4AQ/s320/20230615_154312.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Next up was Ella Bean. She didn't want quite as much hair cut off. </span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQGcjU3eopr4jd9zOjtEasXW4pvOLuiYIVTWLxz-ApWeGfjWVzL9AZKXaXp3M0M8lXRcEu5Bap9f0XgF81FEy3TNY6U0Ws5Q0-Hl-FUS7_L1IGKioWGIBuAWdX-5s8KhaGcVLk-6DKJy3fhuEB05Tg68SwSJNwtlqprIfvAD1oNdemXZRNq-QhpDLywk/s4000/20230615_154732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQGcjU3eopr4jd9zOjtEasXW4pvOLuiYIVTWLxz-ApWeGfjWVzL9AZKXaXp3M0M8lXRcEu5Bap9f0XgF81FEy3TNY6U0Ws5Q0-Hl-FUS7_L1IGKioWGIBuAWdX-5s8KhaGcVLk-6DKJy3fhuEB05Tg68SwSJNwtlqprIfvAD1oNdemXZRNq-QhpDLywk/s320/20230615_154732.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">The minimum amount you can donate to Wigs for Kids is 12 inches so that's what she cut off. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH47xUvoW2qspibfkafvsiUG6QsR9owDmZnLWRhnz56bIYOncKiXPCiE6E0ufQ8IR6QeL5m43jRiPVX9qRYWDGbq1Pkf-h1r0IsFPVpyAveRhAgaLKYF443BcYWYkDigCg9kSEuCFp2JG8X4n3m3ibcphNRLx09A3Lnk8sk_xc39fI7XcinhDkf4vj7mQ/s4000/20230615_154817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH47xUvoW2qspibfkafvsiUG6QsR9owDmZnLWRhnz56bIYOncKiXPCiE6E0ufQ8IR6QeL5m43jRiPVX9qRYWDGbq1Pkf-h1r0IsFPVpyAveRhAgaLKYF443BcYWYkDigCg9kSEuCFp2JG8X4n3m3ibcphNRLx09A3Lnk8sk_xc39fI7XcinhDkf4vj7mQ/s320/20230615_154817.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Ella's hair is so thick she had to put it in two separate pony tails. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYGVuE8mLSemMIKJDY47P90AVSFm4PkQ_efcJkuFUV2IGa_z9M59817NCm_-NN2zM4_96_OvULeqoONzPFMlMiC4LyOEM8m1Pbl0hi-7qo8NKGI922SaXqQ0824_aJ-lWMoajxxLGoyOS2jaTuQrnZGT0MSANqfE8I8hWbfLwW7cGPamj7ME6nOmA0MI/s4000/20230615_182918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYGVuE8mLSemMIKJDY47P90AVSFm4PkQ_efcJkuFUV2IGa_z9M59817NCm_-NN2zM4_96_OvULeqoONzPFMlMiC4LyOEM8m1Pbl0hi-7qo8NKGI922SaXqQ0824_aJ-lWMoajxxLGoyOS2jaTuQrnZGT0MSANqfE8I8hWbfLwW7cGPamj7ME6nOmA0MI/s320/20230615_182918.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I love how much curlier Ella's hair gets when it's shorter. I wasn't sure how she was going to feel losing all that hair, but she honestly loves it! </span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVdaeA5fmqAhBR7qw452g6CMYengoR5f5xwFt-tEVlxMGl5TLgTmKWZpnQlTi04t_VZwBZGLnjXE13dJmjMkujbDN_JYl21P6G9Tk2heaiEGReSpT5u_QpshX-4Xz0DjUmDORnc-NuSoeDqyT1w1UU2wCH2yEoFIN-NpkwAgB1Hvkx7Iy6pRBbQtcjw0/s3648/20230615_182729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVdaeA5fmqAhBR7qw452g6CMYengoR5f5xwFt-tEVlxMGl5TLgTmKWZpnQlTi04t_VZwBZGLnjXE13dJmjMkujbDN_JYl21P6G9Tk2heaiEGReSpT5u_QpshX-4Xz0DjUmDORnc-NuSoeDqyT1w1UU2wCH2yEoFIN-NpkwAgB1Hvkx7Iy6pRBbQtcjw0/s320/20230615_182729.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">Sporting our new do's! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;">I know that my hair can be my crowning glory, but I also think there is a time to everything and at this time we wanted to help people who have lost there hair and I think there is glory in that as well. A couple days after this I packaged up our hair and mailed it off. I had registered our hair online so when they received it I got an email that thanked us for donating. I hope that our hair can really be useful to someone going through a terrible ordeal and maybe just maybe put a smile on their face.</span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-3974743588056434222023-06-07T07:00:00.001-07:002023-06-07T07:00:00.151-07:00Jack's Birthday Pictures! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jackson had his Birthday pictures taken on June 1st. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmSetYFomTElWI3q3m-PAuUL0cmHfelfKfA9vfXE9ZNZH3Ui9s0ssYgdQ1uSGS7OQj9MQm7YpLOcXS2_wFqgIUztbYPGC0NJonCX1lvZUBGsYMeBZVsRciZ5S2E9HOBqv0CrP5uj33ndY8cXOlk-tfk_JONtGhzCLolmC4i9q9WSUAXFrpggB9LtM/s3000/0e1afa7f-dc8a-45b2-b4c4-b11b5efc3a69.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmSetYFomTElWI3q3m-PAuUL0cmHfelfKfA9vfXE9ZNZH3Ui9s0ssYgdQ1uSGS7OQj9MQm7YpLOcXS2_wFqgIUztbYPGC0NJonCX1lvZUBGsYMeBZVsRciZ5S2E9HOBqv0CrP5uj33ndY8cXOlk-tfk_JONtGhzCLolmC4i9q9WSUAXFrpggB9LtM/s320/0e1afa7f-dc8a-45b2-b4c4-b11b5efc3a69.JPG" width="256" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">I'm usually more involved in regards to what the kids wear for their pictures, but Jack picked out his outfit and I thought why not! It's not a nicer dress shirt, but you know he loves the flag...he has numerous flag shirts and that's something I want to remember. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">This was the first picture she took and I love his smile, but after this he just seemed uncomfortable smiling. He's at that weird stage with braces where it's hard to see his teeth and then when he smiles his eyes disappear. He's super close to getting his braces off so that will help. In this instance, I told him if he felt more comfortable he could smile with his mouth shut.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1S5p7ytvsgebWVFxR4ElGEqRZORT8O6ftwu6WvbL9B0f4MXr58W7-lKhXI2XVjTg9Tln-8BWmehQHfj29_BM1vFBJi-mR-ZNz6utC8mUmu2Ao1OV2NzkNZ1UuEFo3K1qIm1y_VpvW6uvQUa6VDX9A7W6SNz1r3Dk7u3HVNQI8lKgfxHW7ynu5J6u/s3000/e8da2bad-2bf2-4c52-bfb8-cab99c3212c7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1S5p7ytvsgebWVFxR4ElGEqRZORT8O6ftwu6WvbL9B0f4MXr58W7-lKhXI2XVjTg9Tln-8BWmehQHfj29_BM1vFBJi-mR-ZNz6utC8mUmu2Ao1OV2NzkNZ1UuEFo3K1qIm1y_VpvW6uvQUa6VDX9A7W6SNz1r3Dk7u3HVNQI8lKgfxHW7ynu5J6u/s320/e8da2bad-2bf2-4c52-bfb8-cab99c3212c7.JPG" width="256" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">He's also really good at giving the smolder look! Such a handsome guy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKU0lOfHOX7S8wsle9hotkVerx3HEKOrHmFOMy0cPTlHLthMqOisnUnrTrFrs-duaSqkw4EsuV0TehBWnA4IKsWwJdAVsBbnCBYoegJdUJVBcOgdkFrgGjk9qtHeHAQ_7cHf_5bCa_byuZVw72AgTFiNIrD1gWWWEiXL2AH6CSXnzPPBKpFoVc0sl2/s3000/b3e36e99-db6d-4bcd-a005-a88f057caccd.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKU0lOfHOX7S8wsle9hotkVerx3HEKOrHmFOMy0cPTlHLthMqOisnUnrTrFrs-duaSqkw4EsuV0TehBWnA4IKsWwJdAVsBbnCBYoegJdUJVBcOgdkFrgGjk9qtHeHAQ_7cHf_5bCa_byuZVw72AgTFiNIrD1gWWWEiXL2AH6CSXnzPPBKpFoVc0sl2/s320/b3e36e99-db6d-4bcd-a005-a88f057caccd.JPG" width="256" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack chose to bring his guitar and I just love this picture. I'm so excited to see him learn and progress with his playing. I would love it if one day he's able to play on the worship team at church. </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-17747025016184179402023-06-06T07:00:00.001-07:002023-06-06T07:00:00.149-07:00Zeke's Birthday Pictures! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXRwM0paTdrXRc2MimbP4emLFp-adnNBF14G7yU4NnaYjWvihcU7Bl-j1ZyRR6Z2VsosnYHybVvdVrZSNSX7JPZxXbWqutt6RXwR4SIQvTg91GdZyEF6lnj8UDIYZgMx09v_CLe8UbRQVs44kzxXpf2tw74N2qf6ZfCwNJFq3ZGI0J58QK5Cuv4dP/s3000/464ec8ba-6856-439b-a039-2c6c1f2b282e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXRwM0paTdrXRc2MimbP4emLFp-adnNBF14G7yU4NnaYjWvihcU7Bl-j1ZyRR6Z2VsosnYHybVvdVrZSNSX7JPZxXbWqutt6RXwR4SIQvTg91GdZyEF6lnj8UDIYZgMx09v_CLe8UbRQVs44kzxXpf2tw74N2qf6ZfCwNJFq3ZGI0J58QK5Cuv4dP/s320/464ec8ba-6856-439b-a039-2c6c1f2b282e.jpg" width="256" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">This handsome boy got his Birthday pictures taken on May 13th. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecfY5xcB-X9EMT6PG9cXophjwbiJsfXGhfv_JM5Ofd0vCr7TEWYgSmHofXHVe9ZfDJmZWqXDHwoOebFRF2QEkAr3EISwzkmrCZkjIsYoWRxYz5-B7QBmaACjgGtVvubdQWtq6jVymsejkNFShBANOrEROw5k0iwYuQ8eYnygI2tGULVdGoMp_5n9F/s3000/8fc26a3b-76b9-4b99-a402-39636347a527.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecfY5xcB-X9EMT6PG9cXophjwbiJsfXGhfv_JM5Ofd0vCr7TEWYgSmHofXHVe9ZfDJmZWqXDHwoOebFRF2QEkAr3EISwzkmrCZkjIsYoWRxYz5-B7QBmaACjgGtVvubdQWtq6jVymsejkNFShBANOrEROw5k0iwYuQ8eYnygI2tGULVdGoMp_5n9F/s320/8fc26a3b-76b9-4b99-a402-39636347a527.JPG" width="256" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Birthday pictures used to be such a chore, but now that the kids are all older they really are so easy! It takes less than 15 minutes to get all the pictures. Such a breeze! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pfFUu-O9Q0pGnaIP5nDnnmnp1R7wNMIbL46fk-en7D8qN__q_2xSoikTEKiI-957yyPlc5hYpRuSZzEE5Xw-QJjd6INBqwYpb29ly9tMaddAbd--aiLR4lrkk4UmaEA-7zPLWA4LpHoR_qLvwC53EXDLckwYpkUKZEaw9dHfQh6zgOdwO34AxmYW/s3000/8056caa4-9bb6-4c82-bcdf-3f02522fd0c4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pfFUu-O9Q0pGnaIP5nDnnmnp1R7wNMIbL46fk-en7D8qN__q_2xSoikTEKiI-957yyPlc5hYpRuSZzEE5Xw-QJjd6INBqwYpb29ly9tMaddAbd--aiLR4lrkk4UmaEA-7zPLWA4LpHoR_qLvwC53EXDLckwYpkUKZEaw9dHfQh6zgOdwO34AxmYW/s320/8056caa4-9bb6-4c82-bcdf-3f02522fd0c4.JPG" width="256" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Zeke is the only kiddo that's not taller than the ruler yet. He'll make it in the next couple of years though. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The part that takes the longest is definitely the checkout process. Of course the employees have to go through their process to see if you'll buy a photo packages. I always buy a Groupon and we just stick with the that. I don't need every picture...I just want 3 good shots and that's enough for me. Even with the check out process taking longer than the pictures we are usually in and out in under an hour.</span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-60611145024287511222023-06-05T07:00:00.002-07:002023-06-05T07:00:00.146-07:00Jack is 15 Years Old! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jackson is 15 Years Old Today! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Let's take a trip down memory lane of what Jack's been up to this last year! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEGoLRe56moOgFwesp3EORnr75Ie4sqRSjY43xnzMbxs9SU1djG40fQkv3oS_CXaVGzxjurAGHfJuCYZrN8K0zmsich7RLP3tq5BgyEhaNBzKrK15Gor1xDe7PK3L6nRlA8gffbC8dqfZssapZAeRopfvPQU_fqJ5CrHvBaSWMhQZiweIu5rpTpln/s4032/20220611_145437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEGoLRe56moOgFwesp3EORnr75Ie4sqRSjY43xnzMbxs9SU1djG40fQkv3oS_CXaVGzxjurAGHfJuCYZrN8K0zmsich7RLP3tq5BgyEhaNBzKrK15Gor1xDe7PK3L6nRlA8gffbC8dqfZssapZAeRopfvPQU_fqJ5CrHvBaSWMhQZiweIu5rpTpln/s320/20220611_145437.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Last year for Jack's birthday we got him a skateboard, we spent quite a few afternoons at the skatepark. Once the weather got hotter though we didn't go quite as often. Then the weather turned nasty and I swear it rained for months so needless to say we didn't go during the fall and winter. He hasn't really mentioned going, but I should probably bring it up to see if he's still interested. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmelKAyAJbc9Q20qoHRKFI90BHi52QARKR_uKhY-66DmRkBeIsEbFnnZsqxMvDTeAh7uyoUGBl6Rnyv-tHOrJEd3fXY20_Q8yRS5S0K1wecAOD_N4qFVlF6lf-SlbcZOjIX-o5XO6rnFX49fu_wjGtll3fGj81lkb2aoQABV0a3mR0mf_RYHIYhMh/s4032/20220615_115917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmelKAyAJbc9Q20qoHRKFI90BHi52QARKR_uKhY-66DmRkBeIsEbFnnZsqxMvDTeAh7uyoUGBl6Rnyv-tHOrJEd3fXY20_Q8yRS5S0K1wecAOD_N4qFVlF6lf-SlbcZOjIX-o5XO6rnFX49fu_wjGtll3fGj81lkb2aoQABV0a3mR0mf_RYHIYhMh/s320/20220615_115917.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">A few days after Jack's birthday we had the lowest tide in 11 years. We headed down to the beach to check it out! It was a yucky day out, but we didn't want to miss it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVOUJ-HE8-zOqZj5ZTcNRIPl9fIBNvs7oylxzopg8wsZM3k_70L7swsUPtitZQcFcNJEHCC7XMro4pTtZPq8ikVi_CTeUtJzjDbwA_K1XDhM-BdDpSltezHJnVlst_YAq1sJwJRNHpvziniVX_h2Vg9j6TaTd4s_iQEhmNyXT4xkOOIfXLK2uRUmx/s4032/20220616_184859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVOUJ-HE8-zOqZj5ZTcNRIPl9fIBNvs7oylxzopg8wsZM3k_70L7swsUPtitZQcFcNJEHCC7XMro4pTtZPq8ikVi_CTeUtJzjDbwA_K1XDhM-BdDpSltezHJnVlst_YAq1sJwJRNHpvziniVX_h2Vg9j6TaTd4s_iQEhmNyXT4xkOOIfXLK2uRUmx/s320/20220616_184859.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Our first camping trip of the year is always going to Oasis in Ephrata. The first night we always go to dinner at this local place called DK's. They have the yummiest milkshakes. Jackson wanted a banana split though. It came in a container that was shaped like a boat. It was so cute and it was HUGE! I was sure he wouldn't finish it especially since he just had eaten a cheeseburger. He found somewhere to put it all though because it was gone!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OkBFc7al6ss323p2m-wjawo4Ya02n2mkwvpd6GRobVcZW0-8j2csKAgeQ_7ahNqX101HciDl-0NBcNYn2PlGqAWcOeyfwyXE22pN-iuLpQcti0EJs2mrlwMOUL1XawWZ_xANCQYAw0dSzFTy12n7_geZvLdGoQHx7CKrmws0nmURfRNxJTHyGB98/s4032/20220617_114850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OkBFc7al6ss323p2m-wjawo4Ya02n2mkwvpd6GRobVcZW0-8j2csKAgeQ_7ahNqX101HciDl-0NBcNYn2PlGqAWcOeyfwyXE22pN-iuLpQcti0EJs2mrlwMOUL1XawWZ_xANCQYAw0dSzFTy12n7_geZvLdGoQHx7CKrmws0nmURfRNxJTHyGB98/s320/20220617_114850.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">This was the first camping trip where we put up the tent and had the older two outside instead of in the trailer. It was so nice. The tent we have has two huge rooms. Owen and Jack's bedroom was on the right side. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboc6GZpxZfh64D1QAGcXhnnLWeZwZjxvzODTEYO6ze9d-Wfj3Yl3KlXd4BOP5xM8DoWPM8uyb632dhrcNN0RYs0i3b1XPXWco4tR0_-C27IR2ZjGxGx67IentDD65lVzy91dZVc3_x3m6TxLHywSpk7DHByIlDjUzUCtbs8zVEbca7n6eEUqAsmSY/s4032/20220617_175349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboc6GZpxZfh64D1QAGcXhnnLWeZwZjxvzODTEYO6ze9d-Wfj3Yl3KlXd4BOP5xM8DoWPM8uyb632dhrcNN0RYs0i3b1XPXWco4tR0_-C27IR2ZjGxGx67IentDD65lVzy91dZVc3_x3m6TxLHywSpk7DHByIlDjUzUCtbs8zVEbca7n6eEUqAsmSY/s320/20220617_175349.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Their dining / game room was on the left side. It was so nice to have an extra table for the kids to play games at and not have it be at the picnic table. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12nZvBs74yYQTsTOe5xyqkRYKaxo8F8VKQzIPNa8zFAhMfscwOIOLR5u-kvVok6ekq2QxO4FpNGt0Vpmo_p_-rrGqN1oerTDiEqVK4IJfmxnhIlgDdRlqiVfuuFfMEZH5KP-dUVmJbuo98TxBylcJqQZ_FTeBxZ9x5-mq5vMd1JzOUDTTjkY61axf/s320/20220619_110905.jpg" width="240" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2Lh80aSqOtiz9uSJhx-N1g-dicVHWfIoONNj66DoEAkxi2hOzyMIyWFAV7NuySCYKbfM_2OVFse0cYtkYCsKcb_-jd6ydFglbYUzOzuurwU1cGH99jiwNhEYDF8FNweqE2Bgiv3_B60FFch0AuzqX9y7C0_Wya4xnekjbetUX2xI3pWSjzgpgQpJ/s4032/20200913_114001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2Lh80aSqOtiz9uSJhx-N1g-dicVHWfIoONNj66DoEAkxi2hOzyMIyWFAV7NuySCYKbfM_2OVFse0cYtkYCsKcb_-jd6ydFglbYUzOzuurwU1cGH99jiwNhEYDF8FNweqE2Bgiv3_B60FFch0AuzqX9y7C0_Wya4xnekjbetUX2xI3pWSjzgpgQpJ/s320/20200913_114001.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">While we were there we decided to go hiking at the Lake Lenore Caves again. We had gone there in 2020, but the smoke was so bad we could barely see anything. Jack had found this cool rock that was shaped like a throne so we had to recreate the photo. The funny thing is he's wear that exact same shirt in both pictures. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIOqSxKXiWTaIyYBptXmBQNk8E1qcjqvLMojttwHoho6YVodzya_juycw_AcLEku5KlWilg9lqqYP-LyJtCF4yysA9yvnGSw815OsFimkDKq1d_kVzx9fRf2VxCKvv0pTlnm8Ct4tksK8SMkWXYnLoOy_qV2kog-SmoSQchKaRAadU4vnSiWpCoOB/s4032/20220619_203636_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIOqSxKXiWTaIyYBptXmBQNk8E1qcjqvLMojttwHoho6YVodzya_juycw_AcLEku5KlWilg9lqqYP-LyJtCF4yysA9yvnGSw815OsFimkDKq1d_kVzx9fRf2VxCKvv0pTlnm8Ct4tksK8SMkWXYnLoOy_qV2kog-SmoSQchKaRAadU4vnSiWpCoOB/s320/20220619_203636_01.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">While we were there Jack really wanted to start a fire using the flint. It was a bit of a struggle, but with Daddy's help he was able to get it going. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq7xQQ9i5NRt2LwOOZO4t8WkoVR60gUcd2zBUL0b-lKSoXiQjP434rzf4ufhzv5PAreOoqQ8blw1Ozzu-DL6vXw5mWGkp6Crmce6Iw2nP5fqVhpHeGNSkxJ332EoTI88yA3aERgf3VSohuFtx5BM0GFzcMqvcee5EkogpuhAruMwqVv1Vm24qzJzx/s4032/20220619_204957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq7xQQ9i5NRt2LwOOZO4t8WkoVR60gUcd2zBUL0b-lKSoXiQjP434rzf4ufhzv5PAreOoqQ8blw1Ozzu-DL6vXw5mWGkp6Crmce6Iw2nP5fqVhpHeGNSkxJ332EoTI88yA3aERgf3VSohuFtx5BM0GFzcMqvcee5EkogpuhAruMwqVv1Vm24qzJzx/s320/20220619_204957.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Fire!!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CngyvpKIYpMLvkPZ_i6fIJNIEaXh63-HBtLAilo-HqQ0qB7gnUPxa033S7d1zHb6EPPM4jMunzxJRGbjXYTyWWCc-zXN9U528rAd36VrBsrXXyhR9tFCc99gIyJTfi1qqKvzaECPb5PNlBnm_YI1gckUB5yLtlvh9K6PZ0IB_-nJ5sT9mYqWJT8H/s4032/20220622_111657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CngyvpKIYpMLvkPZ_i6fIJNIEaXh63-HBtLAilo-HqQ0qB7gnUPxa033S7d1zHb6EPPM4jMunzxJRGbjXYTyWWCc-zXN9U528rAd36VrBsrXXyhR9tFCc99gIyJTfi1qqKvzaECPb5PNlBnm_YI1gckUB5yLtlvh9K6PZ0IB_-nJ5sT9mYqWJT8H/s320/20220622_111657.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Our annual trip to pick strawberries. Jackson LOVES strawberries. He especially loves waffles with strawberries on them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGKLXgkTi6nqgsCaaeUagA2JA58-Lsj9J9LtIL9mWYMixYFDvUI2PzHehkiDtELxn71eFAGb_tIa0pDUAJRzsytwwD_NWaqIsxDB-eirI59-fmgeFJBPG-AdxC6shymcAMYrUfLFc8Dw-bqLL858KHGy4qxZ-JKYZUu4ea_TNAuqzf7zrb-F_xhHh/s4032/20220628_094754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGKLXgkTi6nqgsCaaeUagA2JA58-Lsj9J9LtIL9mWYMixYFDvUI2PzHehkiDtELxn71eFAGb_tIa0pDUAJRzsytwwD_NWaqIsxDB-eirI59-fmgeFJBPG-AdxC6shymcAMYrUfLFc8Dw-bqLL858KHGy4qxZ-JKYZUu4ea_TNAuqzf7zrb-F_xhHh/s320/20220628_094754.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">For the most part Jack hadn't really cared one way or the other about Charlie for quite awhile. This last year though he's really taken a liking to him. He still doesn't like to pick him up though. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcoLFz1ZmvkHnQEpdlg4vH_zRrq2T_nM-pPOKctS6CtyOte1iAAkf24WfNXZYv2zjgEC9oOzLrn6Vc26E3PZgryvmL-r5Tfqmq6BTRKOBvRWgdRIxpy2oAGlHvwllSJF0crR15QOR1fGq0OQ08mDrIy24ou2W6FtjMfs-UvZ41eMYqvmlF9ZQK4iu/s4032/20220702_144942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcoLFz1ZmvkHnQEpdlg4vH_zRrq2T_nM-pPOKctS6CtyOte1iAAkf24WfNXZYv2zjgEC9oOzLrn6Vc26E3PZgryvmL-r5Tfqmq6BTRKOBvRWgdRIxpy2oAGlHvwllSJF0crR15QOR1fGq0OQ08mDrIy24ou2W6FtjMfs-UvZ41eMYqvmlF9ZQK4iu/s320/20220702_144942.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">During our family bowling day Jack did really well....he even got a few strikes! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe1-30GWjsauLyItdHQInUZJBmHfnB-dlsL6AIt-Ne6AJcPgR7RtMe5Os7cy7wpT_woLaGelZzHQgF45wTbL_S1wSKqZzdrd3W9IYxU0G6W1wWKIX5RfdvMeSDTpl00osYpdvcuyO3UASTfRbvUDy5qDVzHwOHSD00ERH7mBSI6KVK1nicQ8uLW7-/s4032/20220704_175213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe1-30GWjsauLyItdHQInUZJBmHfnB-dlsL6AIt-Ne6AJcPgR7RtMe5Os7cy7wpT_woLaGelZzHQgF45wTbL_S1wSKqZzdrd3W9IYxU0G6W1wWKIX5RfdvMeSDTpl00osYpdvcuyO3UASTfRbvUDy5qDVzHwOHSD00ERH7mBSI6KVK1nicQ8uLW7-/s320/20220704_175213.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">4th of July at Ga-Ga & Pa's is always one of the best days of the year. These guys have so much fun usually playing games together upstairs on the loft. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXffYJ6QLsWY-t-OVdsAim3YSdIEXsB5W0VAXceSYxGpirRz52MsJL1bkTFFeMWTz-YfnjX_QjqP5vN5y61kWIkw1sy-a6zV-UC8wbMxRXBLcRmZlkolkoKohDYeXX-qfr289I8d2XI-EklC4IN9BCHlpiZwpPOFXHWGaYn6NK31BCT4gdfU4S7g7k/s4032/20220704_180750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXffYJ6QLsWY-t-OVdsAim3YSdIEXsB5W0VAXceSYxGpirRz52MsJL1bkTFFeMWTz-YfnjX_QjqP5vN5y61kWIkw1sy-a6zV-UC8wbMxRXBLcRmZlkolkoKohDYeXX-qfr289I8d2XI-EklC4IN9BCHlpiZwpPOFXHWGaYn6NK31BCT4gdfU4S7g7k/s320/20220704_180750.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack and Zeke also had fun making volcanoes to put smoke bombs into. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kf90TvRjnteiGzI1RHc_yWLAoGcpvPXrW3aLolSdPiSp01zq9Rsw_WoFk4ymUcaqv5mLk8oNH6MiTuwonRL34Rjeg5M_1d2Fn6TsHrmONEkc5dPFTXQZttlpn4mzEt-5J8dDhrEXNes8hO1v7JuteAfU0tm9g9scE3QuDLkrpt5zdzUBDxRj5ilX/s4032/20220705_190348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kf90TvRjnteiGzI1RHc_yWLAoGcpvPXrW3aLolSdPiSp01zq9Rsw_WoFk4ymUcaqv5mLk8oNH6MiTuwonRL34Rjeg5M_1d2Fn6TsHrmONEkc5dPFTXQZttlpn4mzEt-5J8dDhrEXNes8hO1v7JuteAfU0tm9g9scE3QuDLkrpt5zdzUBDxRj5ilX/s320/20220705_190348.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Trying Daddy's homemade Crème Brule...Jack was a fan! Jack will try most anything and he's a great eater. He doesn't like everything, but he loves dessert so much he'll find a way to get it down his throat. His nemesis is most definitely shrimp! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8P7Z5copJLAD_YxiOI0URFiqXXx0DAcXDUJsD1KjO9WwBsqSFq4ofUTWAVHXa39wwYbTf-7NMxK2F6BqYq2R9i9km1hZM5yUrQ3iseWKynbD3hO3rUH8VHeO484QyT7VE2tUtVYRhOfhkyu-E7olzdHe_v0evQ96af1Di_eAEQHFpTS57ZOm1QX8/s4032/20220730_121149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8P7Z5copJLAD_YxiOI0URFiqXXx0DAcXDUJsD1KjO9WwBsqSFq4ofUTWAVHXa39wwYbTf-7NMxK2F6BqYq2R9i9km1hZM5yUrQ3iseWKynbD3hO3rUH8VHeO484QyT7VE2tUtVYRhOfhkyu-E7olzdHe_v0evQ96af1Di_eAEQHFpTS57ZOm1QX8/s320/20220730_121149.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">During our camping trip to Taidnapam we went up to the Johnson Observatory to see Mt. St. Helens. We watched a movie about the eruption and at the end of the movie the curtains were supposed to open and then you'd see the mountain, but they had some technical difficulties so it didn't. We went outside to see the huge window just for fun. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9ORl_HXEYwKQscTm9_VMhRF3d-rhjFkl0n7aGFhwSd_9Z-5JcIQfap36Ykg25IOoTwnRPdDZ8fYiUk2UjRuC3MzsWJHDpV0B7LR7rq0UNHiwIJR1XCJzIaqqsWESPLkwOUtOH11vyg_xmX-Ph6Qcz4FxbIoPpH4x-Z0eiZ8NqJBkGgt1JqfpKzkG/s4032/20220731_112402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9ORl_HXEYwKQscTm9_VMhRF3d-rhjFkl0n7aGFhwSd_9Z-5JcIQfap36Ykg25IOoTwnRPdDZ8fYiUk2UjRuC3MzsWJHDpV0B7LR7rq0UNHiwIJR1XCJzIaqqsWESPLkwOUtOH11vyg_xmX-Ph6Qcz4FxbIoPpH4x-Z0eiZ8NqJBkGgt1JqfpKzkG/s320/20220731_112402.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">We also went on a hike to a waterfall while we were there. Along the way to the waterfall there were these little streams of water. It was SO hot during that trip that this nice cold water felt so good. I love this picture of Jackson. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWgZBu9ag6o1hct6wvpZEy3s2gdtVM938DFe4ezamWEGKNcrsxCfwc2SnHCAWe7xqNbOQdt8yC7UcmRduR2hEhwOMOkjO50CK85bJztsDKFlmKA_egIoEwXP4TDkD5LoS5SYU265aB2rFKv2zkdugayvlELYpFVsNJm5IKho0oeXvQEcdpELvjAIq/s4032/20220805_104044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWgZBu9ag6o1hct6wvpZEy3s2gdtVM938DFe4ezamWEGKNcrsxCfwc2SnHCAWe7xqNbOQdt8yC7UcmRduR2hEhwOMOkjO50CK85bJztsDKFlmKA_egIoEwXP4TDkD5LoS5SYU265aB2rFKv2zkdugayvlELYpFVsNJm5IKho0oeXvQEcdpELvjAIq/s320/20220805_104044.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Once our advisor at Lighthouse Christian had reviewed all the kids' work and issued their official grades for the year; we could then toss their completed PACE's. So long middle school....hello high school! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGjiz-0r5G1JWgCwOMXcZuWdNHkNmY8CgfmvITJzWufYXCV2McVFCH9y2Ah7UnPtW5a2HM8hdOGA9MnMssOJr8f67VB0mkC7V3ab1WnZiROKpf2PWl8G0qHMjqt5AlnklddHMRb4Hl-im2LsaSQT2a4pJuFfgsEQH55DdBcMKVIW6KIj5JPdNBMSX/s4032/20220815_122955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGjiz-0r5G1JWgCwOMXcZuWdNHkNmY8CgfmvITJzWufYXCV2McVFCH9y2Ah7UnPtW5a2HM8hdOGA9MnMssOJr8f67VB0mkC7V3ab1WnZiROKpf2PWl8G0qHMjqt5AlnklddHMRb4Hl-im2LsaSQT2a4pJuFfgsEQH55DdBcMKVIW6KIj5JPdNBMSX/s320/20220815_122955.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Owen and Jack had a great time going to youth camp last summer. They made a new friend...Eison. He ended up spending the night one night and then came to Wild Waves with us. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfnzMKMAvsiVOlJkpgUsAd5PeeqfFjeZnmuc7LkVk8Lj0qpjQWQaNOJua119_mud8jExX5cH3iYqDvrIpBsNQoAcrjJh-8NUFY0vfi0dgiQQrdr_n4TOY7VKM_suPbiZzPhBSP7hNup1uhsyz0S-35WluAhcXmPCrBwQ_-UEkbRplpGpwkAowDpEa/s4032/20220815_123451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfnzMKMAvsiVOlJkpgUsAd5PeeqfFjeZnmuc7LkVk8Lj0qpjQWQaNOJua119_mud8jExX5cH3iYqDvrIpBsNQoAcrjJh-8NUFY0vfi0dgiQQrdr_n4TOY7VKM_suPbiZzPhBSP7hNup1uhsyz0S-35WluAhcXmPCrBwQ_-UEkbRplpGpwkAowDpEa/s320/20220815_123451.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">The boys went on all sorts of rides together and we just happen to meet up with them when they were going on the Brain Drain. It was fun to watch them! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPPFT96US9oTJzTpa0JlvXYVXTEnhN45AeY3XO9KqOFnjMBlAIqmvESnFmmpDAhhrkCOsbJ2mBwku5XI1GlMo7qytXzcLDD4KPDbjb5J0R9jredH9FBYJRQnqgq4K4HQ-ewdjU21JU2vvZNAWrLIb9tvmtgaCGKygHOZa9k8GPUfmWsaK6Y7s5AX7/s4032/20220816_192153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPPFT96US9oTJzTpa0JlvXYVXTEnhN45AeY3XO9KqOFnjMBlAIqmvESnFmmpDAhhrkCOsbJ2mBwku5XI1GlMo7qytXzcLDD4KPDbjb5J0R9jredH9FBYJRQnqgq4K4HQ-ewdjU21JU2vvZNAWrLIb9tvmtgaCGKygHOZa9k8GPUfmWsaK6Y7s5AX7/s320/20220816_192153.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Back to School Bash with a tower of yummy onion rings. Jack and Ella are the only kids that will actually eat them! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgZ2eGmIfrOngdx4lUkgrdDfnFBkAF-yAyLar1xbV-gDUxdvaLuc9dlZX0hqdZWHFz6HSB5hxDMu2u3an_4KzFM97K9IHrpUtU_G9XOigLXhhuDxqi4kDVUS4qBt_tIXOgSexE1kX70FzwMCrmwz4WLSvdih7Ew-5O0E4ER2LZpWG-GEs2Rs7WpPc/s4032/20220817_074332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgZ2eGmIfrOngdx4lUkgrdDfnFBkAF-yAyLar1xbV-gDUxdvaLuc9dlZX0hqdZWHFz6HSB5hxDMu2u3an_4KzFM97K9IHrpUtU_G9XOigLXhhuDxqi4kDVUS4qBt_tIXOgSexE1kX70FzwMCrmwz4WLSvdih7Ew-5O0E4ER2LZpWG-GEs2Rs7WpPc/s320/20220817_074332.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">First day of High School! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Normally during your high school years you only do enough work to get 6.5 credits, but since Jack was still a little bit behind his workload was a bit more. He was slated to complete 7.5 credits. The crazy thing was he still ended up finishing his work earlier than the other kids almost every day. I even talked with our advisor to see if she could give him more work, but she said she couldn't. Jackson is just so focused! His normal school day he gets up at 7am, comes down eats breakfast, brushes his teeth and then he just jumps right in and starts working. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ApIlxU9HfLwNUyChsa8KP7HKRKAV8ercDYjCuq7_I7UNvAG-y-kAt_YilVS8pV4LdegzeH_1phkgSK4GwBcd5aYFFGJM9QP2P7J5sPQl-idmubnVNPT7RfmNh67nOgGwgGycnst7WUzASCVdIImibuq1-gi_tskJx2ts59xID8Htmsj9A_CMGkgM/s4032/20220817_140743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ApIlxU9HfLwNUyChsa8KP7HKRKAV8ercDYjCuq7_I7UNvAG-y-kAt_YilVS8pV4LdegzeH_1phkgSK4GwBcd5aYFFGJM9QP2P7J5sPQl-idmubnVNPT7RfmNh67nOgGwgGycnst7WUzASCVdIImibuq1-gi_tskJx2ts59xID8Htmsj9A_CMGkgM/s320/20220817_140743.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Hiking with my kiddos. During this trip we found a nice place to pick blackberries. Jackson loves berries off all kinds! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUb1XjyssYu2V5fZdxEYGCZsURa_JoUI0ZbFSMlZ2vZFfQf2BfX8p4haNf7apPVCK7q-F2fG3k9OG46yHLk22MDPioyEDY01MVjh7qCAKoHjB9_8eVRYh-gqkk0XIFoPoOtIsDdbuy5kXun5lOgIolMjRJXvpwGXFf7KzqpFS6w5XEj9rOXFKbtEt/s3264/20220907_092149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUb1XjyssYu2V5fZdxEYGCZsURa_JoUI0ZbFSMlZ2vZFfQf2BfX8p4haNf7apPVCK7q-F2fG3k9OG46yHLk22MDPioyEDY01MVjh7qCAKoHjB9_8eVRYh-gqkk0XIFoPoOtIsDdbuy5kXun5lOgIolMjRJXvpwGXFf7KzqpFS6w5XEj9rOXFKbtEt/s320/20220907_092149.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">After a few weeks of school, Michael and I had a trip to Maui. Papa took us to the airport and only Ella and Jack wanted to tag along to see us off! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzGQrU0hNFU-lmk_GycqmMrhZLiicI7rC2pyAsgqko0Gyp_POHxE1Ar0dgAChQ5S07GCTfHxAcMvOrt7vzX31fJ90f1VwAFHetCgnX586T5JuebATWWhnEv2DFM6Qyf2yQhp83pttJ4li7905bNvqkmH0rnkY1f5lNWzIeaPD3CoFV0yOfii51uaj/s4032/20220923_105223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzGQrU0hNFU-lmk_GycqmMrhZLiicI7rC2pyAsgqko0Gyp_POHxE1Ar0dgAChQ5S07GCTfHxAcMvOrt7vzX31fJ90f1VwAFHetCgnX586T5JuebATWWhnEv2DFM6Qyf2yQhp83pttJ4li7905bNvqkmH0rnkY1f5lNWzIeaPD3CoFV0yOfii51uaj/s320/20220923_105223.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Charlie's biggest fans! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBX4LFO4KBnQEL5c4HyJw8CWbeRQmos2BE22i4Zffml_z72KCrHSOPCeuLBDMZn-CELYz5RfrZoTp7360z8l_Sl2M7gzHL0giTpWurF2U3GIRc6vsrFaCZ71ixQqfjOH99NVZQ9Vaa_IKcE8XE2-PZew1POWNfNMACQ4c4qqCDx_zLN9rnJAJL_Jiv/s4032/20220923_160919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBX4LFO4KBnQEL5c4HyJw8CWbeRQmos2BE22i4Zffml_z72KCrHSOPCeuLBDMZn-CELYz5RfrZoTp7360z8l_Sl2M7gzHL0giTpWurF2U3GIRc6vsrFaCZ71ixQqfjOH99NVZQ9Vaa_IKcE8XE2-PZew1POWNfNMACQ4c4qqCDx_zLN9rnJAJL_Jiv/s320/20220923_160919.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Our last camping trip of the year was our "Lets just relax, stay and recharge trip." The campground had horseshoe pits. The kids had fun playing with Daddy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTbk1ysXYH2fuZZLldwpfvU-yqNUXjff4T8RnnYLVVE6FnsOSb6Y9MbpAqW4wD8qa9PhHZwsLWkvLrMPde9mU4B0_cYQdSRVNeecMDO2xpd_8a7gLEtkmPxhKjmDTAXHDncyrryQ9Q9t4EGneH7P1Xwuobgvmnf0rou-8p5zEvd_cu9nl3E35wLYz/s4032/20220924_125303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTbk1ysXYH2fuZZLldwpfvU-yqNUXjff4T8RnnYLVVE6FnsOSb6Y9MbpAqW4wD8qa9PhHZwsLWkvLrMPde9mU4B0_cYQdSRVNeecMDO2xpd_8a7gLEtkmPxhKjmDTAXHDncyrryQ9Q9t4EGneH7P1Xwuobgvmnf0rou-8p5zEvd_cu9nl3E35wLYz/s320/20220924_125303.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Camping with these kiddos are some of the best memories! </span></h1><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecXRyWiys8ovP24_UcK06x-6ZldQv36vQAx8yINxmU-S7sKU_iRf365jJYgFCDO7b-H9DH7dMu5Wa6hEf0GfGzfagqMONPpKmUWE-yINCFsqkH5--V4ahxsKpYC5iZgUzaNX_0M99ACo7bxteFL6HAHKAnuTPIMWQmL6td5oR2yJMCY9JLy5LXVlt/s4032/20221017_143435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecXRyWiys8ovP24_UcK06x-6ZldQv36vQAx8yINxmU-S7sKU_iRf365jJYgFCDO7b-H9DH7dMu5Wa6hEf0GfGzfagqMONPpKmUWE-yINCFsqkH5--V4ahxsKpYC5iZgUzaNX_0M99ACo7bxteFL6HAHKAnuTPIMWQmL6td5oR2yJMCY9JLy5LXVlt/s320/20221017_143435.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Time for pumpkins! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">I always tell the kids they can get a pumpkin as long as they can lift it up into the wheelbarrow. Now that they are getting bigger I think I might have to rethink that plan! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMMCV6rFAtQmvLU3UgobZZPcWWg5OhNe6tnMUywiNC7DCVUXQmUu_X4ucK2ydDnypqHfXCouWJHKRGTUBoCqGFSX_UV4kGWt5HORRypv8rBGCoDQJuNm1POFcYPig-I883rO4ESQA1G7DKkSjRjvEgwESBd6BLhpJjL1_Zhx9bSl53z4YjIgr1EW-/s4032/20221017_143605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMMCV6rFAtQmvLU3UgobZZPcWWg5OhNe6tnMUywiNC7DCVUXQmUu_X4ucK2ydDnypqHfXCouWJHKRGTUBoCqGFSX_UV4kGWt5HORRypv8rBGCoDQJuNm1POFcYPig-I883rO4ESQA1G7DKkSjRjvEgwESBd6BLhpJjL1_Zhx9bSl53z4YjIgr1EW-/s320/20221017_143605.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">This last year Jack officially passed me in height! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu60U38vDNQH75szkBeUnx3hqrqKkT7nlOpDafQxmxif2EYyaDXVEbzMkSOO3AaiK_5uQQLdd-XqyUkJBT8Gc-0FcDcrAFvMaNV1JGOjdsf-gHAtAOJs0QefqI3ezrkHpJV1OKAXwac3FHrUQpNvZ2JVs6msuA515P15hFmYnITWkHz2mNF8FcIBJi/s4032/20221024_173524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu60U38vDNQH75szkBeUnx3hqrqKkT7nlOpDafQxmxif2EYyaDXVEbzMkSOO3AaiK_5uQQLdd-XqyUkJBT8Gc-0FcDcrAFvMaNV1JGOjdsf-gHAtAOJs0QefqI3ezrkHpJV1OKAXwac3FHrUQpNvZ2JVs6msuA515P15hFmYnITWkHz2mNF8FcIBJi/s320/20221024_173524.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">He has no problem cleaning out the guts! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRsotXncjHCs2smP-K1Gyc5Bve7B_OlnjYAQJA9psIib_BHbzPYZLT5OiW_tFfi73PQiBmd7OVbZS2tIbfkqJb_QlMTffMdV8uUx1HCF6EO4wzpSsdapEUQetFbkTA5sF_wkLXcwWmV4_jqUZAGJ70lLYFXZ-XMPs5_RZpHccbwKX5MmkvWFbF4-s/s4032/20221024_195518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRsotXncjHCs2smP-K1Gyc5Bve7B_OlnjYAQJA9psIib_BHbzPYZLT5OiW_tFfi73PQiBmd7OVbZS2tIbfkqJb_QlMTffMdV8uUx1HCF6EO4wzpSsdapEUQetFbkTA5sF_wkLXcwWmV4_jqUZAGJ70lLYFXZ-XMPs5_RZpHccbwKX5MmkvWFbF4-s/s320/20221024_195518.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack had some struggles with the design for his pumpkin so he ended up carving it on both sides. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQh0t11fyWaPhp-6HvhIZgKNMJCccQMSlLFs4l6Spe2nr0qIUogeZ-JfiRrckyYOaUiYgaJDtzln0_gor18h-vfG6VeTHhxds_lGzrF7vd6hB5uaYGr7bUSgkhHIRip7bA7WdL16469KJLbMmLkksjFx1pItNDPVlSYoLG2YvYcGZx0ONE4C6RryN1/s4032/20221031_195739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQh0t11fyWaPhp-6HvhIZgKNMJCccQMSlLFs4l6Spe2nr0qIUogeZ-JfiRrckyYOaUiYgaJDtzln0_gor18h-vfG6VeTHhxds_lGzrF7vd6hB5uaYGr7bUSgkhHIRip7bA7WdL16469KJLbMmLkksjFx1pItNDPVlSYoLG2YvYcGZx0ONE4C6RryN1/s320/20221031_195739.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack had been a ninja for the last three Halloweens so it was time for a new costume. He ended up settling on a Knights Templar. It was a really nice costume and exactly what he wanted. I also bought him a sword to go with it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZj5ukimKvkf_qNKZAjDBXqqerRBj1lxvce9NO-O41tGiKDyU2lBZvTYePrsv9LgEbVXcOwRQ--jtMwQNtaf2y614ZE8_1-s_SYD4LCRHKW537ndxaRe40D5ySkB1KMSdTYGfeU01opX2PdbjRYHJiQ6_Zj1ARfoLzZnYyC_s1XK7P7guVET0AMBR-/s4032/20221123_183436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZj5ukimKvkf_qNKZAjDBXqqerRBj1lxvce9NO-O41tGiKDyU2lBZvTYePrsv9LgEbVXcOwRQ--jtMwQNtaf2y614ZE8_1-s_SYD4LCRHKW537ndxaRe40D5ySkB1KMSdTYGfeU01opX2PdbjRYHJiQ6_Zj1ARfoLzZnYyC_s1XK7P7guVET0AMBR-/s320/20221123_183436.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Picture proof that the two middle kids can actually get along with each other. It's a rare sighting that's for sure!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwzbpNARF2bleVnG4gIEkxTLnrbc2MDeUkl9bZ4pWETQ1USnrrYnP3Sk2r0tgIDxUcGexUnpaSyCSA8j4Obj8Rw5hi0eqsdfn7xqBCbhtuASCpGljpjer921jmrNHkyq-X_K0NZoZhWLHrGh6CSZxaosy5W-qBq3UuMkCq35LGD1OXVwY-So98wkU/s4032/20221202_175209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwzbpNARF2bleVnG4gIEkxTLnrbc2MDeUkl9bZ4pWETQ1USnrrYnP3Sk2r0tgIDxUcGexUnpaSyCSA8j4Obj8Rw5hi0eqsdfn7xqBCbhtuASCpGljpjer921jmrNHkyq-X_K0NZoZhWLHrGh6CSZxaosy5W-qBq3UuMkCq35LGD1OXVwY-So98wkU/s320/20221202_175209.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack and Owen were both waiters at the Women's Christmas dinner. They did a great job and looked so handsome in their dress clothes! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack volunteers for all sorts of things at church. At least once a month he helps out at the Kids Check-In desk. He also was a teenager helper last year at VBS and he'll be doing that again this summer. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiXBExbiFsEmFgX2a5Z6RYe5ODduNmRI6gesM6xfIko5o7ALfxNJxudAMXtg6hPc7_BMCt6Rjz9Srsb-w89lYBN78cbc26jvSPqlSDzpj8PIUKrtglsnuP-TMCfoUPSIQGrOjnAvK8Qhg4UVXiQTy9Ur1zUqcEK6Ui8S3oXxAE_ZdiC_HEgfRAmdF/s4032/20221203_164028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiXBExbiFsEmFgX2a5Z6RYe5ODduNmRI6gesM6xfIko5o7ALfxNJxudAMXtg6hPc7_BMCt6Rjz9Srsb-w89lYBN78cbc26jvSPqlSDzpj8PIUKrtglsnuP-TMCfoUPSIQGrOjnAvK8Qhg4UVXiQTy9Ur1zUqcEK6Ui8S3oXxAE_ZdiC_HEgfRAmdF/s320/20221203_164028.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Checking out the Living Nativity....so glad it was open again after being closed for so many years due to construction and Covid. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHpkrXpw2pD3itBTljCe5Fj35DUTfGZ5Wc6vYlF_3ch4iRBO69Ey38FX_oLBNBlrMkOWp4NtxTAIi-usevLCsaKIYwbDTojzXdHOZPhd6SDhvJbvu_67z3dfss3N5M9bxiaZ6tZnBKInRiOwtZN_B4Capycj-_OeL34X_Efia4C0ufYI32o_-yA2E/s4032/20221204_150258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHpkrXpw2pD3itBTljCe5Fj35DUTfGZ5Wc6vYlF_3ch4iRBO69Ey38FX_oLBNBlrMkOWp4NtxTAIi-usevLCsaKIYwbDTojzXdHOZPhd6SDhvJbvu_67z3dfss3N5M9bxiaZ6tZnBKInRiOwtZN_B4Capycj-_OeL34X_Efia4C0ufYI32o_-yA2E/s320/20221204_150258.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">With Jack getting finished with school early, he would normally just hang out in the living room and read a book. This is usually when Charlie is napping on his perch in the living room. Jackson started putting a blanket on his lap and so Charlie started napping with him. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3TaJ6XkmyL6BapBxIDgaASLELq5UIJ6D1nDC1JbY5K9qqTYGjwRv9UzcNGUQNMYJ9QreQ23H5n5TIOnS1WeotBuhRPt82nhXgRd9mUaZgGP86gf52hUr3rEqfiG_-N2mZHLkCbCHI79xjm1qQZSKJm76KDercKU_qGy1JaFYNESofkdrIu2B4EsJ/s4032/20221207_103518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3TaJ6XkmyL6BapBxIDgaASLELq5UIJ6D1nDC1JbY5K9qqTYGjwRv9UzcNGUQNMYJ9QreQ23H5n5TIOnS1WeotBuhRPt82nhXgRd9mUaZgGP86gf52hUr3rEqfiG_-N2mZHLkCbCHI79xjm1qQZSKJm76KDercKU_qGy1JaFYNESofkdrIu2B4EsJ/s320/20221207_103518.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">This became an almost a daily occurrence.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgy5lDYW0H-CkUAnaVBkaTIj7Bbo_NPHsdBts9jIXnUlxobSUl5qOs2zbI-HmPqd5RMiiaXbz7AgEgjeGZ-cIOARIVMyHcbujC_2PW-t2Df610uYvkPOyDRGn5J0v32k_yYhhvkFA4fZXRWh4ga_fzFQsVk3ra4CsgA8NK3uxrcHj-5VLCVA_8x24/s4032/20221207_103529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgy5lDYW0H-CkUAnaVBkaTIj7Bbo_NPHsdBts9jIXnUlxobSUl5qOs2zbI-HmPqd5RMiiaXbz7AgEgjeGZ-cIOARIVMyHcbujC_2PW-t2Df610uYvkPOyDRGn5J0v32k_yYhhvkFA4fZXRWh4ga_fzFQsVk3ra4CsgA8NK3uxrcHj-5VLCVA_8x24/s320/20221207_103529.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">It really was the sweetest thing! Charlie is definitely a more docile cat during the fall/winter months and Jack was taking full advantage of it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6dFYQRbHD1M9MPgaxhU05wHyyWvB5jVIZGjNDFzkIWgW2RVf9qTMMSUVtCoNNNq6sLVYthGzqvAoDSAjMkvqaTSMH-olYJ1k-GFCxh4dJyNjQPX7ls2xQTgrlB26bFFPs10-SAl5HtRb-j8LYQsL6Qm_VKtAW_seGtGWh1CKJglVOz5zetc7_Sm4/s4032/20221206_174150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6dFYQRbHD1M9MPgaxhU05wHyyWvB5jVIZGjNDFzkIWgW2RVf9qTMMSUVtCoNNNq6sLVYthGzqvAoDSAjMkvqaTSMH-olYJ1k-GFCxh4dJyNjQPX7ls2xQTgrlB26bFFPs10-SAl5HtRb-j8LYQsL6Qm_VKtAW_seGtGWh1CKJglVOz5zetc7_Sm4/s320/20221206_174150.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">We joined a Homeschool Taekwondo program back in January of 2022. We had gone to this same program when the kids were really little. For the month of December they don't have class they just meet on the first Tuesday and have a White Elephant Christmas Party. We had such a great time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fM3adSBUsLZqmTywB3yvwvwQoLsCkCNWdJutl3d1GeKETqtUpfuYv3BkFqyD5ur_i8kbYXekCBOycnCi-bzu7Dpk1655sIqUh3QgsRylNjtsf9Z-3Mt9YRwnwKn3YBJ7Z8svS6zBZZJdiF0JSnQ3rzFtXEqasU72jr9kLThzIvRo5OuFOMoXGqfy/s4032/20221207_153851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fM3adSBUsLZqmTywB3yvwvwQoLsCkCNWdJutl3d1GeKETqtUpfuYv3BkFqyD5ur_i8kbYXekCBOycnCi-bzu7Dpk1655sIqUh3QgsRylNjtsf9Z-3Mt9YRwnwKn3YBJ7Z8svS6zBZZJdiF0JSnQ3rzFtXEqasU72jr9kLThzIvRo5OuFOMoXGqfy/s320/20221207_153851.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack is still on his loving the color red kick...as you can see by this sweatshirt, shoes and the wrapping paper he chose! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKb_jn9MzI5JpflYgUjP3zGXQewnVu3oOnJXW1BOxSyDpd7zGG1OWanuU3-VFGC6cOV5jE3aQ_2F99GTd0FjG78kcFOTEtMMuWBp5OEaps__BXJEhKI3hz9MxpAvDzhfGkNlLO_gp7G1IXckZ2WZ5vAt5vzjs3Uq19P7W693WUrPYF_iyR5OuJUEII/s4032/20221218_112408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKb_jn9MzI5JpflYgUjP3zGXQewnVu3oOnJXW1BOxSyDpd7zGG1OWanuU3-VFGC6cOV5jE3aQ_2F99GTd0FjG78kcFOTEtMMuWBp5OEaps__BXJEhKI3hz9MxpAvDzhfGkNlLO_gp7G1IXckZ2WZ5vAt5vzjs3Uq19P7W693WUrPYF_iyR5OuJUEII/s320/20221218_112408.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack was a part of the Charlie Brown Christmas production at church. He was one of the Wise Guys....they did a rap song during the show. It was totally hilarious!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSkq3oi7VsT0IrOqP8hvnohzubzzD34C3oDGyoNa9rBR6F-ijzPTqP9_nojD7H8_vaI1AZitI9J_w-SAfB80hZwpoBtI5zFSSxN2kfs630cYDDP3_9ZgruPRsIz5H-m3w8FJS1KAF-XIge5V5J-PzFE8DUisyy-yOv-DN0Sg4mZSWVrR3OCPOvwaz/s4032/20221218_202436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSkq3oi7VsT0IrOqP8hvnohzubzzD34C3oDGyoNa9rBR6F-ijzPTqP9_nojD7H8_vaI1AZitI9J_w-SAfB80hZwpoBtI5zFSSxN2kfs630cYDDP3_9ZgruPRsIz5H-m3w8FJS1KAF-XIge5V5J-PzFE8DUisyy-yOv-DN0Sg4mZSWVrR3OCPOvwaz/s320/20221218_202436.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Andrew & Jack...best buds since the womb! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXDMUuqB3N1s7TB4bgYENh2xRSipagKmjCasLEnDJN4xRFpf88oW2nT_w2IVUM_l-DzSxT7e-N0ND_Upu9xGTZPCDhmT5rj-VRFlMoRL7pk44Xzsf0xijIUSdNfzmbaAHcq5pBWnEzXxSYJLdcJrx0X5O-cZXcTI7V9w--ZwlsmqMjW12j8qeLn-E/s4032/20221225_121556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXDMUuqB3N1s7TB4bgYENh2xRSipagKmjCasLEnDJN4xRFpf88oW2nT_w2IVUM_l-DzSxT7e-N0ND_Upu9xGTZPCDhmT5rj-VRFlMoRL7pk44Xzsf0xijIUSdNfzmbaAHcq5pBWnEzXxSYJLdcJrx0X5O-cZXcTI7V9w--ZwlsmqMjW12j8qeLn-E/s320/20221225_121556.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Christmas morning! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxUMHhmDH3DLYVeUv_oWK1tQkAlKlzhZr6flz8g86a-2iYrvRuTowZcj_p6uhwtLyAqAHIdjygpO0PeHhzJuqIF1YAgncq3VATKACOWSZ5uBfTVhp8kF7P1x8oSGUYy_lAA-djDtrZDwEb_icmlfkVYhVMWik6zIuFWzE4lAFW9ttQPVcJqPrEbHz/s4032/20221225_121923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxUMHhmDH3DLYVeUv_oWK1tQkAlKlzhZr6flz8g86a-2iYrvRuTowZcj_p6uhwtLyAqAHIdjygpO0PeHhzJuqIF1YAgncq3VATKACOWSZ5uBfTVhp8kF7P1x8oSGUYy_lAA-djDtrZDwEb_icmlfkVYhVMWik6zIuFWzE4lAFW9ttQPVcJqPrEbHz/s320/20221225_121923.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack is still very much into Legos. This year he's really liked collecting all the cool cars. He loves to play this game on the Xbox called Forza Motorsports. He's really gotten good at knowing the different makes and models of cars. He'll even be able to tell us what the cars are when we see them out and about. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimya3rBw4gFApMNGBEbGkNOGTHf1FN0kI5MISYqCNrXjnPvDHaNn1ugMOqGmXveO41Hum8p0ua_AruW3FstQNu6tFaw4JhVFVxL7EUTqHnwdnEQvJNEtlaqSkjrj4HjBHymnBDVQleOcWvQGGq9YFRqmBUU2JIkzDgy0Faqgt4g_8MC6vyYzGDySL9/s4032/20221225_123645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimya3rBw4gFApMNGBEbGkNOGTHf1FN0kI5MISYqCNrXjnPvDHaNn1ugMOqGmXveO41Hum8p0ua_AruW3FstQNu6tFaw4JhVFVxL7EUTqHnwdnEQvJNEtlaqSkjrj4HjBHymnBDVQleOcWvQGGq9YFRqmBUU2JIkzDgy0Faqgt4g_8MC6vyYzGDySL9/s320/20221225_123645.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack's love of the color red even extends to his candy choices....I got him two bags of all red Jolly Ranchers and he was in heaven! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhu2eZMG1a4gApPlsXU8O4vZHavX7_9KMff9_mYK8mw7sFw9n7agtdUiykcTWy7Af1YNbHz3LNWQuTx2sw0mrRwGA1xeOHUocQHVlSqvRDkL56cy5ZUxJt-68zmmuNUjdrX5G8ShQuUlZbDkBy_O8AozGXBoLvV6zFVKRJHZUMi_-qCZ8u0kHwYLC/s4032/20221226_155253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhu2eZMG1a4gApPlsXU8O4vZHavX7_9KMff9_mYK8mw7sFw9n7agtdUiykcTWy7Af1YNbHz3LNWQuTx2sw0mrRwGA1xeOHUocQHVlSqvRDkL56cy5ZUxJt-68zmmuNUjdrX5G8ShQuUlZbDkBy_O8AozGXBoLvV6zFVKRJHZUMi_-qCZ8u0kHwYLC/s320/20221226_155253.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Christmas at the Cabin!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1hdsC88Vb_l65pNtVBc5esNlX8aGJ59lK0kCIhFulf4disfPzwokjRPA_HTtO2YscjrOZQfjXi_KriMzXLeUP7IOShtXbQ_D9i9LSvNY5u2C1cCCzythGeLHgQVKpOzF1V4oV5I3sXMWceBkehKWgQ1Q_XCMn-mj2R6cCON0hFyxaj_I9BnwmQmY/s4032/20221227_121339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1hdsC88Vb_l65pNtVBc5esNlX8aGJ59lK0kCIhFulf4disfPzwokjRPA_HTtO2YscjrOZQfjXi_KriMzXLeUP7IOShtXbQ_D9i9LSvNY5u2C1cCCzythGeLHgQVKpOzF1V4oV5I3sXMWceBkehKWgQ1Q_XCMn-mj2R6cCON0hFyxaj_I9BnwmQmY/s320/20221227_121339.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Owen wore this coat the previous year and I kept looking at Jack and thinking he was Owen. He really did sprout up this year! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRMFrz2u6JRYzvkSNGN0_l4L5gweR-tU93ksl8g09CzI3xcTuzZPL_Lmx5s8YQvNtr7MH7qjSIkQBGRzWoXwgAJoP8KfUGRFRxE6NjtyJ0p_ncLOoCVOQtQDSxnu60XMpAKkvr5BBlerAytAgEBGvz_t1IGlrarC0LB5OeS61Lhp9NA4VBX6Sqvs1/s4032/20221227_140600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRMFrz2u6JRYzvkSNGN0_l4L5gweR-tU93ksl8g09CzI3xcTuzZPL_Lmx5s8YQvNtr7MH7qjSIkQBGRzWoXwgAJoP8KfUGRFRxE6NjtyJ0p_ncLOoCVOQtQDSxnu60XMpAKkvr5BBlerAytAgEBGvz_t1IGlrarC0LB5OeS61Lhp9NA4VBX6Sqvs1/s320/20221227_140600.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack and Caleb BFF buds! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-UttRgsTbcfwsQghWuDTMOvuEejnOVg953NDNzwihETE7-4c3ScfZoBLDO8dCOd9kO1T3DtqIWxtjD4CrIIuX_sBgBMRsgfmFmvlyKiQF_Iyv3lqARqq_N6nGVS3pyFrmDJmsWKMLITI2Fmza94Bl1IEZIW6i9sAWJpCBOTs-t0O0oTbdTOxgOxi/s4032/20221227_141848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-UttRgsTbcfwsQghWuDTMOvuEejnOVg953NDNzwihETE7-4c3ScfZoBLDO8dCOd9kO1T3DtqIWxtjD4CrIIuX_sBgBMRsgfmFmvlyKiQF_Iyv3lqARqq_N6nGVS3pyFrmDJmsWKMLITI2Fmza94Bl1IEZIW6i9sAWJpCBOTs-t0O0oTbdTOxgOxi/s320/20221227_141848.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Ga-Ga got all the boys these mini games. Jack got the mini version of Jenga...I can't even imagine how you'd have to play this...maybe with tweezers! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3vlbThMDumbtQBpgGXhPiqV8HpsTDNQtl16UYTWScPMk8WO1iomI8E0p4HebsehyM7maggy2jfFJ1YbwqqU92gWUkCjAhS6lzJ7le4xjrue-sxFljzM-2Ah14Dz0r15kHHy5Gs5HVc8QUne-B0lgHIz1gDu1joCYKIq1JRDQnSMjMLQQASBOB_Vj/s4032/20230120_163355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3vlbThMDumbtQBpgGXhPiqV8HpsTDNQtl16UYTWScPMk8WO1iomI8E0p4HebsehyM7maggy2jfFJ1YbwqqU92gWUkCjAhS6lzJ7le4xjrue-sxFljzM-2Ah14Dz0r15kHHy5Gs5HVc8QUne-B0lgHIz1gDu1joCYKIq1JRDQnSMjMLQQASBOB_Vj/s320/20230120_163355.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">The older 3 kids got to go to Winter Camp this year. They ended up eating Costco pizza for dinner prior to getting on the road. Jack has pizza stuffed in his face which is pretty normal for how Jack enjoys his food. :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPZpGbjW0FTti3qIPx_FQohjZ64zKSnpi6pgX0vnqcKzbzS2AguK8KB1gYshzj6GjNQlqfbDVUH2BPlt-5TvpHgPSmE7GxRedWelRrDkexU8LOBt8MwPuXQf-s9krW0RxjCYLUtHWxSNa3z7uPBOjuYR7Epd8HBKuD_0kES1gOjUco1U4iW8MiZkJ/s4000/20230408_095129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPZpGbjW0FTti3qIPx_FQohjZ64zKSnpi6pgX0vnqcKzbzS2AguK8KB1gYshzj6GjNQlqfbDVUH2BPlt-5TvpHgPSmE7GxRedWelRrDkexU8LOBt8MwPuXQf-s9krW0RxjCYLUtHWxSNa3z7uPBOjuYR7Epd8HBKuD_0kES1gOjUco1U4iW8MiZkJ/s320/20230408_095129.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Another way Jack volunteers at church is by being the Easter Bunny! Ms. Brenda loves being the Bunny Bouncer and we love Ms. Brenda!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQV3rKnjr01ZHK9vcqjMSYwf6A12_LsimTTpmiTp4bvLbPICLm4z8X8eOz9J3N4Zu7zLgJhrXw8qdtg_AhTlaVHCB4qv_UHrAkWaNdMuyLb4fBQ8z_AvEd7OrEx2e0J87oz4SpHMce8PnR8d7O0gF3Co2G8TmM93umbbjgccBOyYqvR_7AiWTQik4Y/s4000/20230409_135050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQV3rKnjr01ZHK9vcqjMSYwf6A12_LsimTTpmiTp4bvLbPICLm4z8X8eOz9J3N4Zu7zLgJhrXw8qdtg_AhTlaVHCB4qv_UHrAkWaNdMuyLb4fBQ8z_AvEd7OrEx2e0J87oz4SpHMce8PnR8d7O0gF3Co2G8TmM93umbbjgccBOyYqvR_7AiWTQik4Y/s320/20230409_135050.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Look at these guys! They are growing up so much....all so handsome and all such great guys! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuz7uXxfNr5eRGsai3Tpt4FtToj-kNPdnTa9eyys7l78wcsXNseDXTtpWzRcYg75bpQvcW7ITp6ykYJefsWv4Z4S-KPFOcmIQBQ3g2DJkiqKvhKHc4Dxy51rBDsTlkGZ5y8Q8M7xNa2_aZ54KainRX5PTxWedDfNbPjfs__mH2_0G9MD14Y_Srv6SM/s4000/20230508_120711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuz7uXxfNr5eRGsai3Tpt4FtToj-kNPdnTa9eyys7l78wcsXNseDXTtpWzRcYg75bpQvcW7ITp6ykYJefsWv4Z4S-KPFOcmIQBQ3g2DJkiqKvhKHc4Dxy51rBDsTlkGZ5y8Q8M7xNa2_aZ54KainRX5PTxWedDfNbPjfs__mH2_0G9MD14Y_Srv6SM/s320/20230508_120711.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">This year Jack has taken up learning the guitar. Ms. Sarah one of the youth leaders at church gifted Jack this guitar. I didn't want to spend money on getting him a nice one and then have him decided he didn't like it. It's been a great starter guitar. It doesn't have the ability to be hooked up to an app so eventually we will get him another one. He also wants an electric guitar, but were just going one step at time. Jack's lessons are usually on Sunday's after church. His teacher is Josiah. He's 17 and he attends our church. Jack really gets along well with him. Lessons are going to be a bit more sporadic this summer though with all the adventures we have planned. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaksa-o3J10wLELB0xJB-hmWMkx6-SSaFfD3D7rZDNiFUS7HBCkK4BdqMesCU2rRE6bP7zVtbs258V-9dj2eCShouDoUM7nHtBot7-KqXxEmOkUAPfDtDpsg0ntXqHsY6kWUSaSbexC-N4j0y1QO-hhBf0JrOV6FqDPEfxCJyc6_U6-uUUvfPnLSsv/s4000/20230603_182200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaksa-o3J10wLELB0xJB-hmWMkx6-SSaFfD3D7rZDNiFUS7HBCkK4BdqMesCU2rRE6bP7zVtbs258V-9dj2eCShouDoUM7nHtBot7-KqXxEmOkUAPfDtDpsg0ntXqHsY6kWUSaSbexC-N4j0y1QO-hhBf0JrOV6FqDPEfxCJyc6_U6-uUUvfPnLSsv/s320/20230603_182200.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">For Jack and Zeke's birthday this year I just decided it would be so nice to have a BBQ with friends and family. The weather ended up being perfect for a backyard BBQ! We were so thankful for everyone that came out to celebrate our boys! I can't believe they are 15 & 11! I remember when Jack was turning 11 and Zeke was 7 and we had their 7/11 party. The years are short!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAVTYqpVVvoZgogVroktmiXPCAQ2F6_8IbcECAWwqIfWtAapVIGzzIwVKGAFCMEP0o9s8wZ_3wsejhjwLoKZ0a2Z8cLC3kQDGiTtjyKQyvqiWED9WkiRD8l4IFLxKy8NTdzcB0tb2LaIWIvq2OTmA6LG_t4FVfUQoOTYvnA3bdy8nwvpz_HgAP8JD/s4000/20230603_183020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAVTYqpVVvoZgogVroktmiXPCAQ2F6_8IbcECAWwqIfWtAapVIGzzIwVKGAFCMEP0o9s8wZ_3wsejhjwLoKZ0a2Z8cLC3kQDGiTtjyKQyvqiWED9WkiRD8l4IFLxKy8NTdzcB0tb2LaIWIvq2OTmA6LG_t4FVfUQoOTYvnA3bdy8nwvpz_HgAP8JD/s320/20230603_183020.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack got to open the OJEZ box from Ga-Ga & Pa. That's a treasure box that has each of the kids initials on it. Inside of the OJEZ box is always $100 and then whatever the age the grandkid is that year. So Jack got $115!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9idFCqLOmels0fbmNJyTSm35EB8QF3EHuzYExykm1gT7Ci7-I7kWY6gpYgTIs-VTGpu6P8ru5eizUKEO9d-V0qkbQVaKdHzjHndU9k8VkV-Pco7nv0kE3BDXxQw1sfK9O5h78n4s9U-1qT6Jz7tZuv7jTYE9Y8fNNq81BPw8boEt957D9foonZET/s4000/20230603_183242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9idFCqLOmels0fbmNJyTSm35EB8QF3EHuzYExykm1gT7Ci7-I7kWY6gpYgTIs-VTGpu6P8ru5eizUKEO9d-V0qkbQVaKdHzjHndU9k8VkV-Pco7nv0kE3BDXxQw1sfK9O5h78n4s9U-1qT6Jz7tZuv7jTYE9Y8fNNq81BPw8boEt957D9foonZET/s320/20230603_183242.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">We got Jack this stunt bike LEGO set. It is super cool! I never even knew they had something like this until I saw it on Jack's list. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack and Zeke also got a bunch of gift cards....they each got one for DQ & a Visa card. Zeke also got an Amazon gift card from his friend Kaiden. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfy0r0344hqDIutxKsU7t0Zhmk_7FEccGZC3iQFv32OoRtQ9XuJ74mBZn2ZsNhvcefSxWxiMYNkGYEVLs1KAb6demBl6RzvENigQl1fqisj6Par3ucaf7ZpixGzlhO7Sd0t7dXBu2hhaD07cS2q3QZHDA6f0yIAoUXHycWgH8HALhBbGYAti9UievR/s4000/20230603_183706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfy0r0344hqDIutxKsU7t0Zhmk_7FEccGZC3iQFv32OoRtQ9XuJ74mBZn2ZsNhvcefSxWxiMYNkGYEVLs1KAb6demBl6RzvENigQl1fqisj6Par3ucaf7ZpixGzlhO7Sd0t7dXBu2hhaD07cS2q3QZHDA6f0yIAoUXHycWgH8HALhBbGYAti9UievR/s320/20230603_183706.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jack wanted Rainbow Chip Cake for his cake. At the last minute I was worried that 24 cupcakes might not be enough so I went to the store and got a chocolate cake mix as well. I'm so glad I did because quite a few people wanted chocolate instead! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">For Jack's actual birthday he's requested Teriyaki Chicken Sliders for dinner. I've also assured him we'll have Waffles with Strawberries sometime this month. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">This summer Jack is embarking on something super cool. He's going to be attending the Summer Fire Cadet Academy through Puget Sounds Skills Center. It's the longest running Fire Academy in the nation! We have a friend who's firefighter and he told me all about it. I looked into it and then started the process of applying for him to attend. That entailed me enrolling Jack in the Federal Way Public School System even though he's not going to attend public school. Then I had to get a form signed by the school district so he could get an out of district transfer to the Highline School District which is where the PSSC is located. The application processed opened on May 10th. Jack had to write a short essay on why he wanted to attend the program. He also had to have a back up option just in case his first option filled up. He chose Criminal Justice as this second choice. Thankfully he got into the Fire Academy! I'm so excited for him! It's only a 15 day program that starts on June 26th and goes until July 14th. He gets the 3rd & 4th of July off. He'll be at the school from 8am - 1pm each day. I can't wait to hear all about his adventures. We're hoping that he'll be able to attend the program every summer until he graduates. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jackson will also be taking Driver's Ed this fall. He could technically take it now, but we decided to not try to shove too much in during summer break. Jack needs to have chill time too! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">As far as hobbies go Jack is still crazy for LEGO's...Andrew and him always make the coolest creations when they're together. Jack just recently got back into BeyBlades. He hadn't touched them for months and then he and Zeke started watching the cartoon and then playing again. Now they've been spending money on buying new Beys. They really love playing this game they invented call Trambole which is BeyBlades on the trampoline. Jack has also been into drawing and he's really good. He likes to draw faces that he sees in comic books. He especially likes to draw Hobbs from Calvin & Hobbs. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jackson you are a cool dude! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">I know you and I can butt heads sometimes, but I will always love you and be your biggest fan. You are my sweet surprise boy and I'm so glad that God thought we should have two boys so close together. You are such a good friend and you can get along with just about anyone. You still struggle with doing the same with your siblings though. We are working on recognizing those heart issues like being jealous and looking at situations from the other persons point of view. Jackson you are definitely a kids that sees things in black and white, right and wrong. Those grey areas are hard for you to comprehend. This is something that age and experience will help you get better at understanding and navigating. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">I'm so excited for the Fire Academy program this summer. I really think being a Fire Fighter would suit you. I think the coopetition and brotherhood would be right up your alley. You are also big on justice and even though it's not the same justice as the police force it's still a way to give back to the community and help people. We'll see how you like it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">This summer is probably the last summer before you get a job. Just like Owen this year you'll probably have your first job next summer. I don't think I fully recognized that for Owen so this summer I'm trying to be a bit more cognizant of that for you. We need to really take advantage of this time and soak up all the fun! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Jackson, I love you buddy and am so excited to get a front row seat to you growing up. I pray that you will remember that God is in control and it's not all on you. This is something that Mama struggles with to. I like to be at the reigns and so do you. That's probably why we butt heads! God has big things in store for you and you will reap the benefits if you submit to His will for you life. Love you so much! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Happy 15th Birthday Buddy!</span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584088534886103969.post-37519660818037862202023-06-04T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-20T11:52:57.060-07:00Jack & Zeke's Birthday Party! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">On the same day we unveiled Owen's new room, June 3rd, we also hosted a duel birthday party for Jack & Zeke. They just wanted friends and family to come over and hang out. That is the perfect kind of party in my opinion. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pMEbHzL-sf_jEzUvVjmf0wI1x_c-6yCW5xiuy1YTr5O7liG_dv6ZoKU8Xu_u7NPDvV1cpABjxxLClsiJYrBh8o6LzMgYmasJNCGDfXhAQVg48rShsh0HzoUow0jshXXP7CU3-gpMjxbzvx5Iqaw50CLV1SVyydFtnVLKyh0QeoAGtUPRomdcwqStyHE/s4000/20230603_182200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pMEbHzL-sf_jEzUvVjmf0wI1x_c-6yCW5xiuy1YTr5O7liG_dv6ZoKU8Xu_u7NPDvV1cpABjxxLClsiJYrBh8o6LzMgYmasJNCGDfXhAQVg48rShsh0HzoUow0jshXXP7CU3-gpMjxbzvx5Iqaw50CLV1SVyydFtnVLKyh0QeoAGtUPRomdcwqStyHE/s320/20230603_182200.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">The weather was perfect!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknPAe5TrERMMYszpMWqiY0UvQyX46SmM0i6-bZkjUlG0ezLSn0DH1aFp8TDSs13YOQJq7QYmXgaNTkcmTXo4bbcGdJP8nd4MJFeSwYEQGbuWOyH5TKdyLpUrOWwQn9cZRkD6ZioTrpshPFhi4Nu1eaKpZZMQLMBGIc6F2oZ4YQOtV37_xn1GwTIYbQoA/s4000/20230603_182212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknPAe5TrERMMYszpMWqiY0UvQyX46SmM0i6-bZkjUlG0ezLSn0DH1aFp8TDSs13YOQJq7QYmXgaNTkcmTXo4bbcGdJP8nd4MJFeSwYEQGbuWOyH5TKdyLpUrOWwQn9cZRkD6ZioTrpshPFhi4Nu1eaKpZZMQLMBGIc6F2oZ4YQOtV37_xn1GwTIYbQoA/w400-h300/20230603_182212.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">This was great being able to be outside on the deck with family and friends. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDL9FWsXeZNzF9vAXGiXHyA03-5GQ0P-UrDYjx0Nvkt7xbinoNPTB_JUYtnzpQiqwc-XgaDs5ok42rzjVxjdhq2XDZLH7gtQ9ZJ6dli5l49FY43GJzweucBnr35vDFK2XLjvHoTiXW7EgCkYoIb3gOBhnx3hjsgIIcucgNTxbqPs_AcWhSt8pfaYsSyFQ/s4000/20230603_182405.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDL9FWsXeZNzF9vAXGiXHyA03-5GQ0P-UrDYjx0Nvkt7xbinoNPTB_JUYtnzpQiqwc-XgaDs5ok42rzjVxjdhq2XDZLH7gtQ9ZJ6dli5l49FY43GJzweucBnr35vDFK2XLjvHoTiXW7EgCkYoIb3gOBhnx3hjsgIIcucgNTxbqPs_AcWhSt8pfaYsSyFQ/s320/20230603_182405.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Papa & Miss Ruth!!! 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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsES6owo-EiFu1hWsYyNY9yZUv5VSe-nIBXatDmF8m-BU-y9a5A1fAbSkz2NlrUdO8I-HYdsdSdzNOYonRR0WXPNBs3XEESqwG5IHU04MFUFav056fFbWYBB1cTciT4I6gS7omE3NElO5wniBMlev2spjfORVvs8saFYvhvtktMQjH84vw1KrTYZ8H3gI/s4000/20230603_182414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsES6owo-EiFu1hWsYyNY9yZUv5VSe-nIBXatDmF8m-BU-y9a5A1fAbSkz2NlrUdO8I-HYdsdSdzNOYonRR0WXPNBs3XEESqwG5IHU04MFUFav056fFbWYBB1cTciT4I6gS7omE3NElO5wniBMlev2spjfORVvs8saFYvhvtktMQjH84vw1KrTYZ8H3gI/s320/20230603_182414.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">It was Miss Katie & Mr. Ernie's first time coming over and we just love them. They are from our church and they are just the sweetest people. They love our kids and so I say they are our kids' 3 set of grandparents. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xGNr1H8Tl2IJ6trsth_QCLNSFrBUZNcTWQKzpXAYY0YmE8O3zt336-Sjn-z9CK1QMlO90luZWSeosEcNvl-y215w45kXnp9xyJpaMBXbhhpHagpmZbE8U3zmTnlnpIuWeWDdHG2FKKDDSfsIkqlpYhVF3lFt8O20Vw-Q4aWFBwMK1LZQsdhnc4wmu-A/s3648/20230603_182425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xGNr1H8Tl2IJ6trsth_QCLNSFrBUZNcTWQKzpXAYY0YmE8O3zt336-Sjn-z9CK1QMlO90luZWSeosEcNvl-y215w45kXnp9xyJpaMBXbhhpHagpmZbE8U3zmTnlnpIuWeWDdHG2FKKDDSfsIkqlpYhVF3lFt8O20Vw-Q4aWFBwMK1LZQsdhnc4wmu-A/s320/20230603_182425.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Me and my man!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirF9hx76q1gUnAuzweOQ8ggr3GUMhaqM0AzqaN6yThfmDMsJ7yX-lduSoZsQJTWhMP_n42j2vbUjhoYs-0Oef7DODT7VmP4l8Rm2SS-vfkf7ffuBScvxZKWM5P3BTgqUw2NVfFXMQMvHagqZVd7UzqwyDXg3l_mobz4jBX9S64TqOA41LHPSd8JFQ8XJ4/s4000/20230603_182811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirF9hx76q1gUnAuzweOQ8ggr3GUMhaqM0AzqaN6yThfmDMsJ7yX-lduSoZsQJTWhMP_n42j2vbUjhoYs-0Oef7DODT7VmP4l8Rm2SS-vfkf7ffuBScvxZKWM5P3BTgqUw2NVfFXMQMvHagqZVd7UzqwyDXg3l_mobz4jBX9S64TqOA41LHPSd8JFQ8XJ4/s320/20230603_182811.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Gift cards and money were the words of the day! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMob1U3kB59otglpwIcW8KazcSarUlTBVxBeEBChptpOGXQVkbK_abI7BmgElcNqpCGsP3TZV9FHnrYc19X80pIkwbIOhvkWxQ4FHH285H2r1zR4gLmMa8V48SZhgO1b1bmfS3EcpeGYdFF1JI_2Q0AyhTQBqUX7JoioboEahD7DT9HdKLV5I4MZAsvg/s4000/20230603_182927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMob1U3kB59otglpwIcW8KazcSarUlTBVxBeEBChptpOGXQVkbK_abI7BmgElcNqpCGsP3TZV9FHnrYc19X80pIkwbIOhvkWxQ4FHH285H2r1zR4gLmMa8V48SZhgO1b1bmfS3EcpeGYdFF1JI_2Q0AyhTQBqUX7JoioboEahD7DT9HdKLV5I4MZAsvg/s320/20230603_182927.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEh9oGgk7c-H4VMjyOOe_8QoZredhg-dpAQqBkkc9ZXOnYlkW2xkOtdjidgKaHrsGmctit7DEGMm4rJWUPk6hlaJi4Gp2Mub5780_zsSns3ZnUh4ea5bz-o_z7J1QGyqOzzcD--r9KEpXBA3bEt6fCnd1hmNhrsy3FJBCpX3m35Aa5wMBFt0p024SI3K0/s4000/20230603_183020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEh9oGgk7c-H4VMjyOOe_8QoZredhg-dpAQqBkkc9ZXOnYlkW2xkOtdjidgKaHrsGmctit7DEGMm4rJWUPk6hlaJi4Gp2Mub5780_zsSns3ZnUh4ea5bz-o_z7J1QGyqOzzcD--r9KEpXBA3bEt6fCnd1hmNhrsy3FJBCpX3m35Aa5wMBFt0p024SI3K0/s320/20230603_183020.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">The OJEZ box strikes again...this time it was filled with $115!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-KX4VUD8O3VIRjg-1wXnoIxAGoqVM8RFWeD_dcQwjWxNwEpxBD2N1Hlj-3jmNbFtNzRZHknJ7Qxn3JORzJlBZBKRLvnxLTByfURbIBRouoAGt6E2PIEj9sLLgYY08kUwGKdbCid2n-qOeggDW6vAe6EsxcwtwD4cODZ92jQouTZ6NNPOvTeEjzhS9mI/s4000/20230603_183242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-KX4VUD8O3VIRjg-1wXnoIxAGoqVM8RFWeD_dcQwjWxNwEpxBD2N1Hlj-3jmNbFtNzRZHknJ7Qxn3JORzJlBZBKRLvnxLTByfURbIBRouoAGt6E2PIEj9sLLgYY08kUwGKdbCid2n-qOeggDW6vAe6EsxcwtwD4cODZ92jQouTZ6NNPOvTeEjzhS9mI/s320/20230603_183242.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">We got Jack a couple LEGO sets that I had never even heard of. They are sets that come with trick bikes so you build the course and the bikes can jump over the obstacles. It's so cool! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvY9iO3-QWbGxBvbi7xor0CdLTpAHoQY21qS7eygHbziK0SFAMUKMG2uT8SFXtHuo4zk1isHlpNVeTDmQBBUfpzzjnGJQDNOWWai-fGKMVDpFRaqf6N73CYFZArRmiiFtiN4rgv4Wl1OsXf9jhLDe5fJPzO177T9lMDJJ9nbO1BJzaczPM-hdNYVtBW3I/s4000/20230603_183251.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvY9iO3-QWbGxBvbi7xor0CdLTpAHoQY21qS7eygHbziK0SFAMUKMG2uT8SFXtHuo4zk1isHlpNVeTDmQBBUfpzzjnGJQDNOWWai-fGKMVDpFRaqf6N73CYFZArRmiiFtiN4rgv4Wl1OsXf9jhLDe5fJPzO177T9lMDJJ9nbO1BJzaczPM-hdNYVtBW3I/s320/20230603_183251.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Jack really liked the Sour Punch Suckers that we got Zeke so I got him his own bag as well. Funny enough Zeke and Jack hadn't eaten them all so recently I decided to try one and they are so good. Over the course of a few weeks I finished them off for them. :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_Sm2ch7F8IvnZpz7d-0sOrMQnUPIuq0PqsRIiKrJBtUwpcZjJYwayyzqvOkZpj0m1qqMre3x8MrXiMJCEj1KZxc47UR2H2IE-2RZxhYCpV13eYgqLetvkC9eeppgYTIAR3icRvJn_rTQfjyjOgM4qANKc7v-ywdvEXSPexi1-CcP3fb47zhce_Ut8Vc/s4000/20230603_183706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_Sm2ch7F8IvnZpz7d-0sOrMQnUPIuq0PqsRIiKrJBtUwpcZjJYwayyzqvOkZpj0m1qqMre3x8MrXiMJCEj1KZxc47UR2H2IE-2RZxhYCpV13eYgqLetvkC9eeppgYTIAR3icRvJn_rTQfjyjOgM4qANKc7v-ywdvEXSPexi1-CcP3fb47zhce_Ut8Vc/s320/20230603_183706.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Cupcakes....Chocolate with chocolate frosting for Zeke and Rainbow chip with rainbow chip frosting for Jack. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtOeOV8q8wGlT6QPLYj62ee5lomQ9GbXfqmYnZuNYuim-g-owyDYWe-FXscNMJo53SRvGLARvQGBz532xme-6ZbCxU4IvtL2KbyHD_QrnBjjg4iin6HFX0VCW-4aNLoz6Tkl42HRcEVZz4zf0u4-G-58txfA2OtTtKn2v_K7MVnmGKFjuQ0zNhDKsExI/s4000/20230603_183725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtOeOV8q8wGlT6QPLYj62ee5lomQ9GbXfqmYnZuNYuim-g-owyDYWe-FXscNMJo53SRvGLARvQGBz532xme-6ZbCxU4IvtL2KbyHD_QrnBjjg4iin6HFX0VCW-4aNLoz6Tkl42HRcEVZz4zf0u4-G-58txfA2OtTtKn2v_K7MVnmGKFjuQ0zNhDKsExI/s320/20230603_183725.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Make a wish! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshV3YVed9R7FnhSFMlDjzOzG28TE4_XTiplrVpz_MjT121yW_D3xZWq_9EG-1mL6pLOeHg3sxk33InHUspS4upDu1efr9EQB0PW0VC5fSAmEk5dfeui54Fv1qL5YAxZ45tU0KipTTfxXLDjcgyfMijr8aD5veD5npGdqaPRvLnsK8rFXjbuQtL2GHsr8/s4000/20230603_190541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshV3YVed9R7FnhSFMlDjzOzG28TE4_XTiplrVpz_MjT121yW_D3xZWq_9EG-1mL6pLOeHg3sxk33InHUspS4upDu1efr9EQB0PW0VC5fSAmEk5dfeui54Fv1qL5YAxZ45tU0KipTTfxXLDjcgyfMijr8aD5veD5npGdqaPRvLnsK8rFXjbuQtL2GHsr8/s320/20230603_190541.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">It was starting to get a little breezy out so Michael brought out our new gas firepit. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLPWKa2W_pUhOVqiep_mWEx8NdRTshUhRsQO68ZzvOiFR0txPexoo9kyFXBNFpTf7EkE4BpPKG5nSHSCdMZnrHflERh6phdjpu33c8eXrHEeTWZpwe8sQb4NUn1795GZYf4c_fiDCN5oOdBXHi701kI2GWkBIpp-U4M4TYeeHl_3nhHzmEV0RhwssrIw/s4000/20230603_192237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLPWKa2W_pUhOVqiep_mWEx8NdRTshUhRsQO68ZzvOiFR0txPexoo9kyFXBNFpTf7EkE4BpPKG5nSHSCdMZnrHflERh6phdjpu33c8eXrHEeTWZpwe8sQb4NUn1795GZYf4c_fiDCN5oOdBXHi701kI2GWkBIpp-U4M4TYeeHl_3nhHzmEV0RhwssrIw/s320/20230603_192237.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">It was fun being able to have a fire on the deck. It also seemed a bit dangerous, but Michael kept checking and it never got hot under the firepit or on the ceiling over the deck. </span></div><p></p>Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568083504622138180noreply@blogger.com0